Inherited blood disorders remain one of the most persistent yet under-recognised public health challenges in India. Among ...

Sickle cell disease—the subject of a new Seminar in The Lancet—is one of the most prevalent and fastest-growing genetic disorders worldwide. Although its true prevalence is difficult to determine ...

This is a summary of a story originally on Duke University School of Nursing. Sickle cell disease occurs with the production ...

It’s a medical breakthrough in treating sickle cell disease and a Michigan man is proof that it works.

How is it that you’re alive? It’s a question that we rarely ask ourselves—but it’s one that has a definite answer. We all know our heart pumps life-giving oxygen throughout our bodies. How does that ...

Objectives To estimate the prevalence of sickle cell trait, sickle cell disease, beta-thalassaemia minor and ...