Clinicians at the Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital successfully performed that institute’s first…
Ana Pena, PhD
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The Green Park Collaborative (GPC) is working with the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America (SCDAA) to develop a consensus…
Reproductive capacity, specifically the number of eggs left in the ovaries, may decline earlier in women with…
Randomized controlled trials are needed to examine the benefits of vaccinating people with sickle cell disease (SCD) against salmonella…
Music therapy can help ease pain in adults with sickle cell disease (SCD), a pilot study showed. A…
The Sickle Cell Disease Association of America (SCDAA)Â recently launched the first patient-driven registry…
Genome Sequencing of Children With Unexplained Symptoms May Help ID Sickle Cell Cases, Study Shows
A team of researchers led by HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and the Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research…
Researchers found that inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) given at the time of hospital admission did not improve outcomes in…