Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of inherited blood disorders resulting from a mutation in the hemoglobin protein in red blood cells. This mutation changes the shape of the blood cells from round, ...

A smear of this patient's blood showed that "the shape of the red cells was very irregular, but what especially attracted attention was the large number of thin, elongated, sickle-shaped and ...

A 24-hour-a-day emergency blood transfusion service described as a "lifeline" for patients has opened.James Cook Hospital in ...

For sufferers of sickle cell disease, agonising pain and ... match isn’t easy and can result in longer exchange intervals or fewer units of blood being given. One of the donors making a ...

Boxer Outreach Club Advisor and Brockton High School English teacher Yvette Joyce said the main focus of the blood drive is spreading awareness for sickle cell disease, but the drive will also ...

Those with sickle cell disease produce unusually shaped red blood cells. It can be life-threatening and cause recurring intense pain, when blood vessels become blocked by the misshapen cells.

Sickle cell anemia is the most common inherited blood disorder and affects roughly 100,000 people in the United States at a given time. It's caused by a mutation of the hemoglobin gene ...

A new 24/7 emergency transfusion service is set to start at a North East hospital. The service at James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough, will provide life-saving blood cell exchanges at all ...

Price, 43, has received many transfusions because she has sickle cell disease, which turns round red blood cells into crescents that painfully restrict blood flow and disrupt bodily functions.