The disease gets its name because when you have SCD, your red blood cells look like a sickle, which is a C-shaped ... an immune feature used by microbes to help ward off viruses or other invaders.

The shape of sickle cell blood cells resembles a curved blade knife called a sickle. These cells are stiff and inflexible, so they cannot move through small blood vessels as easily as healthy red ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) refers to a group of genetic conditions that affect the red blood cells (RBCs) by altering their shape. The abnormally shaped cells are unable to perform the function of ...

You’re adjusting to life with your sweet newborn, and you receive scary news: Your baby has sickle cell disease, a group of inherited red ... bacteria that cause infections in the blood.” ...

Sickle cell disease affects how your body makes red blood cells ... an organ that helps your body filter bacteria out of your blood. Antibiotics can treat infections, but it’s important to ...

She is also the chief medical officer of the lab consultancy firm Blood Associates, LLC. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders that causes symptoms such as ...

For the first time in his life, a young New Jersey man is pain-free thanks to a new gene treatment working to cure patients ...

There are more types of sickle cell crisis than a vaso-occlusive crisis, writes columnist Mary Shaniqua, who summarizes ...

However, further research is still needed to understand the exact effects. Sickle cell disease causes red blood cells to change shape and become inflexible. These “sickled” cells can stick to ...

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Olaide Adekanbi has been struggling with sickle cell disease all her life. “It’s almost like I’m battling myself,” says Adekanbi, 29, who lives in Boston. “Sort of like a dark, I don’t ...