reducing the tendency of red blood cells to deform into the characteristic sickle cell and be destroyed. If it comes to fruition, etavopivat will give Novo Nordisk a late-stage SCD programme to ...

Sickle cell has been overlooked for far too long. Fortunately, there are new breakthroughs in sickle cell treatment that you ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces sickle-cell treatment program in Charleston while assuring SC Sen. Tim Scott that federal ...

The Blood Connection is encouraging people of color donors across the Lowcountry to attend their community blood drive ...

Thirty-five states have agreed to participate in a federal pilot program aimed at helping Medicaid patients access costly ...

Martin Mwita, 20, is the first patient in St. Louis and among the first across the country to receive a new gene therapy for ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — One of the Trump administration’s top health officials said Friday that the federal government is working to expand access to and lower the cost of “transformative ...

Pfizer's reported interest in acquiring sickle cell disease specialist Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT) has been confirmed, with the $68.50-per-share deal valuing GBT at $5.4 billion. As we ...

Occasionally, an HTR may result from transfusion of non-red cell blood components such as fresh frozen plasma or platelets. In this event, the plasma, which is usually group O transfused to A ...

“As Jaxon’s condition grew more critical, one thing became clear: he needed a blood transfusion, and fast.” In comes Olivia, a therapy dog and a regular donor for the DoveLewis Blood ...