Pfizer and the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) are collaborating to increase awareness about sickle cell disease and to discuss the…
Articles by Margarida Azevedo, MSc
Clinical trial results show that Zepatier (elbasvir/grazoprevir) is highly effective against hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in sickle cell disease patients and others…
The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Centers and Baylor College of Medicine plan to jointly create a treatment network for…
Modus Therapeutics, a company developing treatments specifically for sickle cell disease, has successfully completed a financing campaign that raised…
Using stem cells from a closely matched sibling increases the chance that a sickle-cell disease transplant will succeed, and the…
Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), a biomarker that measures blood sugar levels, may systematically underestimate past glycemia among African-American patients with sickle…
Genetically engineered mini-pig models of sickle cell disease (SCD)Â that closely mimic the condition in people will be created as…
Scientists in Boston are creating a stem cell library that could write a new chapter for far-reaching possibilities in…
African Americans who are carriers of the sickle cell trait (SCT) aren’t less fit and are not at greater risk…
The American Red Cross has issued an urgent call for blood and platelet donors, citing the need to cover a shortage resulting…