Sickle cell disease
World Sickle Cell Awareness Day: Risk Factors, Complications Of Genetic Blood Disorder
The theme for this year's World Sickle Cell Awareness Day is "Building and Strengthening Global Sickle Cell Communities, Formalizing New-born Screening and Knowing your Sickle Cell Disease Status." Prodigy From Mobb Deep Dies After Hospitalization For Sickle Cell Anemia; Life-Threatening Complications Of Disease
Prodigy of Mobb Depp is dead at 42 after being hospitalized for complications caused by his sickle cell anemia. Sickle Cell Disease Breakthrough 2017: Gene Therapy Allows Teen To Come Off Blood Transfusion And Medications
Two years after receiving a gene therapy for his sickle cell disease, a teenage boy in France no longer requires blood transfusions or medication to treat his illness. Signs Of Anemia: Tired All The Time And Other Symptoms Of The Blood Disease; What It Means
If you’re tired and weak all the time, you might have a serious blood condition called anemia. Inherited Blood Disorders: Researchers Edit Mutations In Mice, May Lead To Sickle Cell And Thalassemia Treatments
Researchers from Yale University eliminated the symptoms of an inherited blood disorder in mice by using gene-editing technology. Why Am I Always Cold? 8 Possible Causes For Abnormally Low Body Temperature
If you are one of those oft-maligned people who are always cold, you are not alone. And you may or may not have one of these medical conditions. Do Vitamins A And C Change Your DNA? Regenerative Medicine Reveals These Nutrients May Help Erase Cell Memory
Do vitamins A and C have a larger role to play in regenerative medicine than we knew? Sickle Cell Disease 2016: Scientists Use CRISPR In Mice To Show Gene-Editing May Someday Treat Blood Disorder
Researchers use CRISPR in mice, and move one step closer to treating sickle cell disease. These 4 Women With Sickle Cell Disease Survived Twice As Long As The Average. Why?
In a new case study, four women with sickle cell disease were able to prolong their life expectancy by sticking to healthy habits and having strong family support. What Is Cellular Recycling? Scientist Wins Nobel Prize For Discoveries on Autophagy
What is autophagy, and how will it impact the future of medicine?