Recent therapies like hydroxyurea (Droxia, Bristol-Myers Squibb), the first FDA-approved drug for SCD in 1994, increase fetal hemoglobin (HbF), which, through unknown pathways, improves SCD symptoms ...

The Focus on Sickle Cell Foundation (FoSCel) has called for greater awareness and proactive care for people living with ...

The Saddle Up for Sickle Cell Foundation is holding its annual Ride with a Purpose event on Friday and Saturday, April 18-19.There'll be musical entertainment and a DJ on both nights. All day Saturday ...

The first gene therapies approved to treat sickle cell disease in December 2023 are struggling on the market. But there are ...

Sickle cell anemia (HbSS) is the homozygous dominant variant and the most common and severe form of the disease. Whereas patients who only inherited one gene encoding for abnormal HbS and a different ...

BEAUFORT, Ga. (WTOC) - Dream Chasers Sickle Cell Foundation mission has been to provide community support and financial assistance with Sickle Cell Anemia Emergency services. You can help support ...

SUFFOLK, Va. — People living with sickle cell disease say the severe pain is unpredictable, exhausting, and too often dismissed. And for many in Hampton Roads, the Suffolk Sickle Cell Foundation has ...

For decades, a diagnosis of Sickle Cell Disorder (SCD) in Nigeria was met with a heavy sense of permanence. As the country ...

The National Director of the Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria (SCFN), Dr. Annette Akinsete, has said despite advancements in the treatment of sickle cell disease, not every patient requires a bone ...

GEORGIA (WRBL) — Citizens of Georgia can sign up for the 45th annual Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia’s 5K road race and walk coming this fall. The race is scheduled to be held on Saturday, Sept. 6 ...

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