It's not fully appreciated how much of an impact sickle cell disease can have on a person's mental health, writes columnist.

The Gates Foundation will invest up to $50 million to support Tessera's SCD gene editing treatment, the company said.

Columnist Oluwatosin Adesoye shares a list of things that everyone should know and understand about sickle cell disease.

The European Commission has granted orphan drug status to mitapivat, an oral investigational therapy for sickle cell disease.

More than 500,000 babies were tested for sickle cell disease in Catalonia’s newborn screening program, with 160 cases ...

Mary Shaniqua is a sickle cell patient (HbSS) living in the United Kingdom. She was diagnosed with sickle cell at 18 months old and uses “Shaniqua’s Sickle Chronicles” to narrate her experiences, to ...

One Saturday evening, I was sitting on the sofa with my husband watching a film. Suddenly, I felt a sharp, stabbing pain pierce through my chest. “Babe, call an ambulance,” I uttered just in time ...

Dunstan Nicol-Wilson is a clinical project manager from South East London, United Kingdom. Dunstan has his master’s in public health with a global health focus. Dunstan was diagnosed with the ...

I recently wrote about my disappointment regarding Pfizer’s decision to withdraw Oxbryta (voxelotor) from global markets as a treatment option for sickle cell ...