Most women and girls with sickle cell disease (SCD) experience disease-related pain during menstrual periods, but many are unaware…
Articles by Marisa Wexler, MS
A small clinical trial testing Agios Pharmaceuticals’ oral therapy candidate tebapivat against a placebo for easing symptoms in people…
Differences in the stiffness of red blood cells may help to explain variations in the severity of sickle cell…
Testing blood levels of certain clotting proteins may help clinicians identify serious complications of sickle cell disease (SCD) in…
Memantine, an oral medication that’s been used for decades to help treat Alzheimer’s disease, is generally tolerated well by…
Emmaus Life Sciences has entered into an agreement to sell the North American rights to Endari (oral L-glutamine), its…
The gene-editing therapy Casgevy (exagamglogene autotemcel) safely and effectively prevents vaso-occlusive crises (VOCs) in children as young as…
As part of a program to support children with sickle cell disease (SCD) and cancers, supplemental insurance company…
Disc Medicine says it’s planning to launch a clinical trial before the end of the year that will test…
A blood test measuring a protein called placental growth factor (PlGF) may help identify women with sickle cell disease…