Patients who suffered a stroke and have sickle cell disease (SCD) can safely receive lytic therapy with tissue plasminogen activator…
Articles by Patricia Inácio, PhD
Dietary intake of gum arabic (GA), a water-soluble, natural gum obtained from the acacia tree, seems to improve anti-oxidant defense…
Sickle cell disease (SCD) patients may have a more rapid decline in kidney function, indicated by a marked decrease or increase…
In an analysis of adults with sickle cell disease, researchers found evidence that transfusions with stored units of older blood…
High levels of the protein albumin, a condition known as albuminuria and highly prevalent in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients,…
An evolutionary force, called balancing selection, appears to be responsible for maintaining defects in our DNA associated with diseases, such…
Researchers investigated renal papillary necrosis (RPN), a chronic complication of sickle cell anemia, and found low incidence in South-Eastern Nigerian sickle…
A novel nontoxic transplantation method using antibodies proves safe and effective in treating blood diseases, including sickle cell anemia, according…