Sickle cell disease can lead to a severe complication known as acute chest syndrome (ACS), but the underlying mechanisms are ...

So far in 2025, the Trump administration has cut more than $1 billion in NIH grants. That includes a study on sickle cell ...

Gabriella Ngang, of Farmington Hills, is one of three in Michigan to take part in a clinical trial of a new sickle cell ...

Black people are at a much higher risk of being affected by sickle cell — and the effects can be fatal. More research is needed to combat it ...

This article was originally published with the title “An Ingenious Mowing-Machine-Sickle Grinder” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 81 No. 10 (September 1899), p. 148 doi:10.1038 ...

For people with SCD, hemoglobin S (a mutated protein that transports oxygen) causes red blood cells to become curved (sickle-shaped) and stiff. This disrupts how easily red blood cells and the oxygen ...

A new review and policy statement underscore the inaccuracy of sickle cell trait as a cause of death on autopsies.

This article was originally published with the title “A Machine to Grind Sickle Blades, Etc” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 66 No. 6 (February 1892), p. 83 doi:10.1038 ...

New gene therapy improves the life of 18-year-old with Sickle Cell Disease which affects 5,000 New Jersey residents living with the condition.

In a region that has the world’s highest rates of sickle cell, Lea Kilenga and her nonprofit are helping fellow Kenyans get crucial treatment and battling the stigma surrounding the disease.

Sickle cell disease can lead to serious complications. Here are the options to treat and to cure it.

Sickle cell patient Dominique Goodson, 38 and pregnant with her first child, said she would like to get a gene therapy a year or so after she gives birth in December, but she needs to make sure ...