New Texas Children's, Baylor program will combat sickle cell disease in sub-Saharan Africa
Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine are providing medication and other aid to fight sickle cell disease ...
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Strengthening advanced therapy for sickle cell disease in Africa: experience from sickle cell disease centre in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Despite progress in healthcare services for individuals living with sickle cell disease (SCD) in Africa, substantial gaps ...
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African sickle cell screening program transforms infant care
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.
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Chinese biotech says it will start first in vivo beta-thalassemia trial
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Sickle Cell Disease
One-third of all indigenous inhabitants of Sub-Saharan Africa carry the gene, because in areas where malaria is common, there is a fitness benefit in carrying only a single sickle-cell gene ...
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‘Sickle cell disorder should be treated as national health emergency’
Health experts have advised Nigerians living with Sickle cell disorder (SCD) to see the disease as a national health emergency and work ...
Mom Once Saw “My Sister's Keeper” as a 'F---ed Up' Film. Then She Lived Through the Story with Her Family (Exclusive)
Maite Rodriguez and her husband gave their sick 6-year-old daughter a lifeline when their conceived a second child via IVF ...
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Sickle cell: LG Staff hails Ekiti govt, NGO over daughter’s free medical services
A middle-aged man identified as Kunle Adebayo has commended the Ekiti state government and the Olanipekun Ayomide (O.A) ...