Stem cell-derived pancreatic islets are being studied as a rich transplantable source for insulin production, a therapeutic ...

Bishop T.D. Jakes announced his plans Sunday morning to appoint Pastors Touré Roberts and Sarah Jakes Roberts as senior ...

Listening to the community's needs, the Sickle Cell Consortium also created the Caregiver Summit, offering a vital space for ...

Clifton Kirkman, a brave warrior in the fight against sickle cell, was born before Michigan's sickle cell mandate, leading to ...

The risk of developing blood cancer increases with age. The finding that a molecule from gut bacteria plays a part points to ...

Stanford Medicine researchers have developed a blood test capable of detecting cancers, the ways cancer resists treatments ...

“To be a stem cell donor gives a patient with a blood disease like leukemia or other kinds of blood cancers a chance at curing their disease, a chance at life,” says Warren B ...

Behind every diagnosis, treatment, and cure, there's a team of unsung heroes working tirelessly in the laboratory. I am ...

Hydroxyurea remains effective long-term in reducing emergency department visits and hospital days for children living with sickle cell disease (SCD), according to new research published in Blood ...

Pain crises are a primary feature of sickle cell disease, triggering pain when crescent-shaped blood cells block the flow of ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders ... experienced no VOCs and no death. Furthermore, lung histology and immune immunohistochemistry showed that masitinib ...

Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited red blood cell disorder in the U.S., researchers said in background notes. The disease causes red blood cells to become misshapen and sticky.