Higher vitamin A levels in the blood were significantly associated with better lung function in children and adolescents with sickle cell anemia (SCA), the most common and severe form of sickle cell disease (SCD), a small study shows. Given that vitamin A levels tend to be low in children with…
Discussion
After completing my finals and passing my clinical comprehensive exam last week, I now have the opportunity to reflect on my third year as a clinical psychology doctoral student. I began writing this column at the start of the school year, and looking back at my previous columns, I realized…
An experimental, single-dose gene-editing therapy from Tessera Therapeutics successfully corrected the genetic mutation that causes sickle cell disease (SCD) in the majority of blood-forming stem cells in nonhuman primates, reaching levels that surpass what is expected to cure the disease. The new preclinical data were presented by Tessera…
Nearly every person with sickle cell disease (SCD) who underwent a new regimen for stem cell transplant, developed by doctors at Johns Hopkins in the U.S., is alive and has been free of disease activity in the years following the procedure, a study reports. “The survival rate…
Becoming educated and informed about sickle cell disease is a good first step. Here you’ll find general information about the disease, including diagnosis, symptoms, and causes.
It helps to know others have been where you are now. Here’s a collection of our columnists’ words of wisdom to help you along on your sickle cell disease journey.
A stem cell transplant is the only potential cure for sickle cell disease, but there are a variety of other treatment approaches. Here you can find more information about current treatments as well as experimental therapies in the pipeline.
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