When Dr. Ambroise Wonkam walked into a panel on medical genetics out of curiosity, he had no idea it would shape the course of his career. Born in Cameroon, Wonkam has dedicated his career to studying ...

Right now, approximately 20 billion red blood cells are busy traveling through your blood vessels. They are delivering oxygen to all the different tissues in your body and removing carbon dioxide to ...

In Ghana newborn screening for sickle cell disease is rare, with many children going undiagnosed until painful symptoms force emergency care. The International Sickle Cell Centre (ISCC), a nonprofit ...

This story is the first in an occasional series following Louisiana’s first patients to receive gene therapy for sickle cell disease. On the third floor of Manning Family Children’s Hospital in New ...

Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a serious public health issue that affects more than 70 lakh people globally. The disease is caused by a one-point mutation of a protein chain called haemoglobin subunit ...

Since he was very young, Khaled Alsheebani has known the painful, exhausting suffering of sickle cell disease. Despite doctors telling him and his family that he would simply have to learn to live ...

Children with sickle cell disease, a chronic hemolytic anemia, present with a wide variety of neurological syndromes, including ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, transient ischemic attacks, 'soft ...

The Nyanza region has long been known for its high malaria burden. But it now faces another serious health challenge — Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) — which has taken root, especially in Kisumu County.