On this map, the distribution of sickle-cell anemia haplotypes among nations with high prevalence of the disease are shown. Five distinct beta-globin haplotypes (indicated by colors) are found in ...

Can we predict that natural selection will weed out genetic disease over time? Sickle-cell trait haplotype distribution shows the genetic advantages of this mutation. In the deoxygenated ...

In December 2023, through the development efforts of CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, their decades-long ...

Hydroxyurea Significantly Reduces Infections in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia Jan. 29, 2024 — Researchers have revealed that hydroxyurea significantly reduces infections in children with ...

Right now, approximately 20 billion red blood cells are busy traveling through your blood vessels. They are delivering oxygen ...

Doctors noticed that patients who had sickle cell anemia, a serious hereditary blood disease, were more likely to survive malaria, a disease which kills some 1.2 million people every year.

Sickle cell anemia is a genetic blood disorder caused by a mutation in the HBB gene, resulting in defective hemoglobin that deforms red blood cells into a crescent or sickle shape. These misshaped ...

Simmie White is taking control of her own story. The six-year-old girl and her mother want others to understand more about Sickle Cell Anemia.

Children with sickle cell disease, a chronic hemolytic anemia, present with a wide variety of neurological syndromes, including ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, transient ischemic attacks ...