Sickle cell disease can lead to a severe complication known as acute chest syndrome (ACS), but the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. A new study by Mass General Brigham investigators has ...

PRESS RELEASEAB SCIENCE PATENT FOR MASITINIB IN THE TREATMENT OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE FORMALLY GRANTED IN THE UNITED STATES WITH A PROTECTION ...

For the first time, scientists say new therapies have the power to cure sickle cell disease. The disease is a devastating, inherited blood disorder that affects an estimated eight million people ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Less than one-third of patients who went to the ED with acute sickle cell disease pain received a first opioid ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Recurrent pain episodes are the leading reason for emergency department (ED) visits among patients with sickle cell disease, but adherence to established acute pain management ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers at Boston Medical Center identified a new small molecule that could benefit people with sickle cell ...

(Mass Appeal) - Sickle cell disease, or SCD, was first reported in 1910 even though reports suggest a prior description of the disorder. Dr. Christopher Keroack, Medical Director with the New England ...

Although Priscilla Hill-Ardoin retired recently from AT&T, she has answered another “call” to work tirelessly to save African-American lives threatened by a chronic, hereditary, life-threatening blood ...

Patients who underwent hematopoietic cell transplantation for sickle cell disease saw high rates of survival without disease symptoms and low rates of severe side effects or complications years after ...