Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces sickle-cell treatment program in Charleston while assuring SC Sen. Tim Scott that federal ...

Sickle cell has been overlooked for far too long. Fortunately, there are new breakthroughs in sickle cell treatment that you can't miss.

Affiliate Professor, Herbold Computational Biology Program, Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutch Affiliate Professor, Herbold Computational Biology Program Public Health Sciences Division, Fred ...

Her son, McKinley has sickle cell disease. "Their blood cells are not round, like you and I, but they are shaped like a sickle, kind of like a croissant," she said. People with the disease often ...

Those with sickle cell disease produce unusually shaped red blood cells. It can be life-threatening and cause recurring intense pain, when blood vessels become blocked by the misshapen cells.