Columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye, a doctor, sorts through the difference between sickle cell anemia and sickle cell disease — and more.

The more Betsy Adler learned about her family's medical history, the more interested and concerned she became. Several of her first cousins had been treated for cancer, and three of her male ...

The misshapen cells tend to block blood flow in the vessels, leading to frequent pain episodes, infections, and damage to organs.

DNA makes RNA, RNA makes protein, protein makes phenotype—was the guiding framework for understanding inheritance and disease ...

The first healthy volunteer has been dosed in a Phase 1 study of Cellarity's novel globin-switching therapy CLY-124 for ...

NIH cancels research grant for disease that affects mostly Black patients, citing DEI, doctor says 90% of Sickle cell disease patients are Black, according to NIH ...

The National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission, launched in 2023, aims to eradicate the disease by 2047. Spearheaded by CSIR under the leadership of Director General Nallathamby Kalaiselvi, the ...

I’m Still Fighting': Black Men Living — And Fathering — With Sickle Cell Disease They’ve faced strokes, hospital bias, and unbearable pain — but what weighs most is the pressure to never ...

Persistent neglect of sickle cell disorder in the UK has led to a “breakdown in trust” among patients who continue to experience racism and substandard treatment, research has found. The NHS Race and ...

Sickle cell disease articles from across Nature Portfolio Sickle cell disease is an autosomal recessive blood disorder that can lead to anaemia. It is caused by a mutation in the haemoglobin gene ...

An overview of World Sickle Cell Anemia Day 2025 and the global and local challenges of managing sickle cell disease.