Hemoglobin has played a central role in the understanding of many biochemical and biophysical principles, as Eaton and colleagues point out on page 351 of this issue of Nature Structural Biology.

Can we predict that natural selection will weed out genetic disease over time? Sickle-cell trait haplotype distribution shows the genetic advantages of this mutation. In the deoxygenated ...

Hydroxyurea Significantly Reduces Infections in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia Jan. 29, 2024 — Researchers have revealed that hydroxyurea significantly reduces infections in children with ...

Doctors noticed that patients who had sickle cell anemia, a serious hereditary blood disease, were more likely to survive malaria, a disease which kills some 1.2 million people every year.

Hydration is an important part of preventing and treating sickle cell crises, writes columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye, who shares ...

Researchers at the New York Blood Center have made a breakthrough in understanding the body’s autoimmune response to sickle ...

Kyle Registre's childhood dream of becoming a pilot can finally come true now that he says he's been cured of sickle cell ...

This makes it difficult for those with Sickle Cell Anemia, who are of African descent. “Many of those patients require up to 100 transfusions of blood every single year. It’s a very painful ...

Children with sickle cell disease, a chronic hemolytic anemia, present with a wide variety of neurological syndromes, including ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, transient ischemic attacks ...

In addition to the prolonged pain and suffering endured by sickle cell patients, a Washington University School of Medicine ...

One of the reasons of anemia can be Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA)—a genetic blood disorder where the body produces red blood cells that are abnormally shaped.” Also read | Sickle cell disease ...