Despite progress in healthcare services for individuals living with sickle cell disease (SCD) in Africa, substantial gaps ...
Dr. Joseph Lubega calls sickle cell disease “probably the saddest story of a health problem that you could imagine.” He and ...
In recent years, the battle against sickle cell disease in Africa has seen tremendous progress, thanks to modern medical advances and the implementation of comprehensive screening programs.
Of the more than 7.7 million people estimated to be living with sickle cell disease, more than 80% were in sub-Saharan Africa ...
A gene known as HbS was the center of a medical and evolutionary detective story that began in the middle 1940s in Africa. Doctors noticed that patients who had sickle cell anemia, a serious ...
A new study has found older-looking brains in adults with sickle cell disease, helping to explain the cognitive challenges experienced by such individuals. A brain image from a healthy individual ...
New data from a Phase 1b clinical trial testing Fulcrum's pociredir for sickle cell disease are expected by the middle and ...