Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of hereditary red blood cell disorders. Sickle cell anemia is a type of SCD that occurs when a person inherits genes containing an atypical form of hemoglobin.

Sickle cell thalassemia occurs when you inherit both a sickle cell gene mutation and a thalassemia gene mutation. Symptoms are similar to other types of sickle cell disease but can vary depending on ...

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21-year-old Sebastien Beauzile from Laurelton, Long Island, has become the first person in New York State to be cured of sickle cell anemia using the innovative Lyfgenia gene therapy. This pioneering ...

Diana J. Wilkie receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. She collaborates with many scientists and clinicians focused on sickle cell disease. She was a member of the Lancet Haematology ...