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Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited blood disorders that affect hemoglobin, the major protein that carries oxygen in red blood cells. It's a disease tha ...

Rapper Lil Poppa or Janarious Mykel Wheeler died at 25. The Jacksonville, Florida born rapper's death was confirmed by the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office in Georgia to TMZ. However, a cause ...

LOS ANGELES — Children with sickle cell anemia are vulnerable to serious infections and stroke, but many do not receive the preventive care that could help them stay healthier longer, according to a ...

ROANOKE, Va. – Ensuring no one fights alone. The Carilion Clinic Sickle Cell Collaborative is holding a walk to honor sickle cell patients and their caregivers on Saturday. Sickle cell disease is a ...

September Is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. While many people are familiar with sickle cell anemia, sickle cell traits have also plagued our community. Sickle cell trait (SCT) is an inherited blood ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- It's been more than a month since the FDA approved two milestone gene-editing treatments for sickle cell disease, but lining up patients for these therapies will be a challenge ...

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Many of my columns are an attempt to disentangle the confusions of biology and culture that lead to misunderstandings about race, and my recent book, The Myth of Race, attempts to shed light on the ...

Five seemingly unconnected Black and ethnic minority Londoners discover they have superpowers in the hit Netflix series "Supacell". The link between them? They all suffer from sickle cell anaemia, a ...