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Sickle Cell Trait Not Linked to Exertion-Related Death, Study Finds
A SYSTEMATIC review by the American Society of Hematology (ASH) has found no evidence to support sickle cell trait (SCT) as a cause of acute pain crises or sudden exertion-related death. This finding ...
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CHOP doctors named 'Disruptors of the Year' for groundbreaking sickle cell gene therapy
The Philadelphia Citizen is recognizing CHOP doctors Alexis Thompson and Dr. Stephan Grupp with the 'Disruptors of the Year' ...
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Local blood drive benefits African Americans with Sickle Cell Anemia
The Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ held a Sickle Cell blood drive Saturday, to help those affected with the condition.
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Understanding gallbladder issues in sickle cell patients
Gallbladder problems are a common complication in individuals with sickle cell disease. These issues often arise due to the breakdown of red blood cells and the subsequent formation of gallstones ...
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No Evidence Found Linking Sickle Cell Trait With Unexplained Sudden Death
There is no evidence to support physical exertion without rhabdomyolysis or heat injury causing sudden death in individuals with sickle cell trait (SCT), nor is there ... to a review published online ...
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IRCS-Mancherial blood bank turns boon for thalassemia, sickle cell patients
Mancherial: Patients of thalassemia and sickle cell are finding a respite as they are able to transfuse blood at a blood bank run by Indian Red Cross Society in Government General Hospital (GGH) for ...
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Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)
4 Peripheral blood smears reveal the characteristic elongation and sickling ... The tests do not differentiate between those with SCD and those with sickle cell trait (SCT). 3 In hemoglobin ...
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New Base Editing Gene Therapy Cures its First Patient: A Sickle-Cell Sufferer Now in the ‘Gym Every Day’
It left him missing large chunks of school, left him repeatedly hospitalized, forced him to get replacement hips, and even threatened his life when his blood cells, through forming sickle shapes ...
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Preventing sickle cell disease through modern science
Sickle cell anaemia, a hereditary condition that primarily affects African and Mediterranean populations, continues to pose significant health challenges. In Uganda, where the disease is prevalent ...
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The kindness of blood donors makes a world of difference in my life
But these treatments are only possible when people donate blood. Please be advised that the belief that people with sickle cell trait cannot donate blood is a myth. Having the trait doesn’t make you ...
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Sickle cell trait in a white Jewish family presenting as splenic infarction at high altitude.
Shalev O; Boylen AL; Levene C; Oppenheim A; Rachmilewitz EA We report the presence of sickle cell trait in several members of a white Jewish family. The trait was discovered when the propositus ...