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 ...

If you have sickle cell disease (SCD), your red blood cells aren’t round and bendable or pliable like they should be. Instead, they’re stiff and sticky. They’re also shaped like a crescent ...

The most severe form of sickle cell disease, sickle cell anemia causes red ... the blood and oxygen flow to the lungs. It can also be the result of an infection with a virus or bacteria.

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.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

BREAKS IT ALL DOWN COMING UP IN YOUR FULL FORECAST. TODAY WAS DAY ONE OF AMERICAN RED CROSS INITIATIVE TO INCREASE BLOOD DONATIONS FOR SICKLE CELL PATIENTS. >> THE AMERICAN RED CROSS SAYS SICKLE CELL ...

SO THERE ARE MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE ESTIMATED TO HAVE SICKLE CELL DISEASE IN THE U.S., THE RED CROSS SAYS FOSTERING A DIVERSE BLOOD SUPPLY IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO SUPPORTING THOSE PATIENTS.