People with sickle cell disease have red blood cells that are abnormal. They are stiff, shaped like a sickle, and sometimes block small blood vessels, causing pain and other complications.

The Red Cross has issued an urgent plea for Black Americans to donate blood because 1 in 3 are a donor match for people with sickle cell disease, according to the organization.

Sickle red blood cells also break easily, a phenomenon called hemolysis. The body tries to produce more red blood cells, but cannot correct the underlying defect.

Discover the current pipeline candidates advancing through the clinic for the treatment of sickle cell disease.

According to the Red Cross, approximately 1 in 13 babies who are black or African American are born with sickle cell trait, ...

In sickle cell patients, hemoglobin clumps together and deforms the blood cells, causing them to either break down, break open or get trapped in blood vessels Yee said. “Red blood cells trapping ...

Sickle cell disease is an inherited disease where the red blood cells can become sickled or crescent shaped and can have difficulty passing through smaller blood vessels.

The Sickle Cell Foundation of Palm Beach County and Treasure Coast is holding its annual awareness walk in West Palm Beach Saturday as hopes rise for new a cure to a debilitating illness that ...

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- Blood donations are needed now more than ever, but there's a call for a diverse blood supply, according to the Red Cross. ... Red Cross Sickle Cell Account Manager.

For the first time in New Hampshire, the American Red Cross hosted a blood drive meant to help people with sickle cell disease.Donations made Monday at Dartmouth College can go a long way toward ...