sickle cell disease
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Sickle Cell Should’ve Killed Her as a Teenager, But Guess What Birthday She’s Celebrating This Year!
“I decided that if I might only live to about 30, which is what I initially thought, I would do everything I wanted to do,” said Patricia McGill
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FDA Approves Sickle Cell Treatment, But Will Things Actually Change For Black Patients?
The FDA approved the use of a new gene editing tool that could dramatically change how the blood disease is treated.
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A New Sickle Cell Cure Could Be A Game Changer For Many Black Americans
The FDA is beginning to review a new therapy for sickle cell, a disease that disproportionatley impacts Black Americans in the U.S..
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NFL Star and Wife Champion Sickle Cell Disease Awareness in the Black Community
NFL running back Tevin Coleman and his wife share their deeply personal story of raising a child with sickle cell disease
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New Clinical Trial That Cured 6-Year-Old of Sickle Cell Disease Shows Promise for All
In July 2016, a resilient, joyful 5-year-old named Bryce took part in a first-of-its-kind clinical trial at Children’s National Health System in Washington, D.C. As an infant, Bryce had been diagnosed with a particularly severe form of sickle cell disease and had already suffered at least four strokes related to the blood disorder. A little…
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Living With Sickle Cell: ‘I Don’t Know What It Means to Be Without Pain’
Nikki Peterson, like approximately 100,000 other Americans, was born with sickle cell anemia. The 43-year-old lives in Upper Marlboro, Md., and ends up in the hospital about four times during what she calls a good year. Once a month, she undergoes a grueling process called hemapheresis. All of the blood is removed from her body,…