Researchers have found that patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) have increased risk of developing leukemia, but lower risk for…
Articles by Alice Melão
Researchers at Brown University have developed computer models that recreate what happens with hemoglobin molecules inside red blood cells affected…
Introducing a “natural” genetic mutation into the blood cells of people with sickle cell and like diseases, using CRISPR gene editing, was seen to restore…
Doctors treating pediatric patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) for pain associated with a…
Patients with sickle cell anemia who do not have alpha-thalassemia and the genetic rs1427407 T variant of the BCL11A gene may…
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted GBT440 — Global Blood Therapeutics’ lead drug candidate for sickle cell disease (SCD) — access…
Moderate exercise training can improve many features of sickle cell disease (SCD) in experimental mice models, including inflammation, lack of…
Several psychological factors such as depression, anxiety, and catastrophizing (believing something is worse than…
According to a study published in the American Journal of Hematology, the presence of a multidisciplinary clinical team can dramatically…
GlycoMimetics, in collaboration with Pfizer, is now enrolling participants for a Phase 3 clinical trial to test the…