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

As National Minority Health Month concludes, The Blood Connection is urging Black and Brown donors in the Lowcountry to ...

Hydroxyurea remains effective long-term in reducing emergency department visits and hospital days for children living with sickle cell disease (SCD), according to new research published in Blood ...

Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited red blood cell disorder in the U.S., researchers said in background notes. The disease causes red blood cells to become misshapen and sticky.

Sickle cell disease starts damaging the organs in the first year of life. One of the first organs affected is the spleen. The spleen is a small organ on the left side of the abdomen underneath the ...

Sickle cell disease is a genetic blood disorder that mostly impacts Black and Hispanic Americans. It makes a patient’s blood cells change from the typical doughnut shape into the shape of a ...

E and K antigens that can also cause transfusion reactions, especially when a person has gotten many blood transfusions. This is frequently the case in people with sickle cell disease, the vast ...

E and K antigens that can also cause transfusion reactions, especially when a person has gotten many blood transfusions. This is frequently the case in people with sickle cell disease, the vast ...

A marker linked to inflammation, C-reactive protein, may increase significantly during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle in female patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), according to ...

Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Anaemia are the commonest single ... It also vital that affected children are cared for with safe blood transfusion and affordable chelation.

The NHS had also reached a deal in August 2024 to provide exa-cel for eligible patients with transfusion-dependent beta-thalassaemia. Sickle cell disease is caused by a gene mutation that results in ...