For people with SCD, hemoglobin S (a mutated protein that transports oxygen) causes red blood cells to become curved ...

September marks Awareness Month, and this year, the INOVA Schar Adult Center hosted a pivotal town meeting to unite advocates ...

A research team has successfully recreated the structure of wrinkles in biological tissue in vitro, uncovering the mechanisms behind their formation.

Earth have a huge role in achieving a sustainable future for the planet, an international team of scientists, including ...

A Flint woman may be the first in the world with leukemia to undergo a transplant using stem cells from the bone marrow of a ...

It’s been almost a year since the Food and Drug Administration approved the first genetic treatments for sickle cell disease.

Different cell types have varying survival times. For example, in humans, white blood cells die between 60 and 86 hours after ...

Nearly 2 million people in the United States are living with a form of blood cancer. September marks National Blood Cancer ...

Richon attended the summit to learn more for herself. The event was organized to raise awareness for National Sickle Cell ...

In an effort to advance biotechnology innovations, scientists are working to develop faster, more quantitative, and more accessible ways to observe biomolecules in living cells. Now, researchers at ...

In a historic move aimed at spotlighting a vital public health issue, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will hold its first-ever Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Summit on Tuesday, ...

An analysis of tissue samples from nearly 1,200 older adults found that the more insertions individuals had, the younger they died.