Science Daily11d
No scientific link found between sickle cell trait and sudden death
Individuals with SCT have one copy of the gene associated with sickle cell disease (SCD). SCD is a blood disorder characterized by misshapen blood cells that can cause blockages, leading to ...
Health Affairs6d
Filling The Gaps: The Urgent Need For Sickle Cell Disease Data
Our fundamental challenge is not simply to create the data. Rather, it is to collect and analyze it systematically. Doing so ...
Healio11d
Literature review shows no link between sickle cell trait, sudden death
DeBaun, MD, MPH, professor of pediatrics and medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, as well as founder and director of the Vanderbilt-Meharry Sickle Cell Disease Center of ...
NBC News22d
'Will it really work?': Young sickle cell patient among the first to start new gene therapy
But for a brief moment on a recent December morning, Wedam, 19, who has sickle cell disease, allowed himself to believe what his doctors had been telling him for months: This visit could be the ...