Researchers have developed a new model to track inflammation-driven blood clots that can cause complications in sickle cell ...

The defect causes red blood cells in affected people to be sickle, or crescent shaped instead of disc shaped as normal, limiting the cells’ ability to carry oxygen. Sickled red blood cells are ...

Sickle cell conditions are genetic blood disorders that affect haemoglobin, the molecule in red blood cells responsible for carrying oxygen throughout the body. While both sickle cell trait and sickle ...

James Herrick, a Chicago doctor, was the first to describe sickled red blood cells in a patient of African descent. A series of rodent experiments showed that even with abundant food and water, ...

A toolkit on hydroxyurea was designed to help parents of young children with sickle cell disease feel more confident about choosing treatment.

Unlike normal round red blood cells that flow smoothly through blood vessels, sickled cells can stick together and block blood flow, leading to severe pain (sickle cell crisis), anaemia ...

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The blood disorder causes red blood cells to become rigid and shaped like the letter C. As a consequence, the sickled cells get stuck and block flow, which causes pain and infections. When a ...