Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of genetic blood disorders. A person inherits SCD from their parents when they inherit two copies of the sickle cell gene, one from each parent. This hereditary ...

Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited blood disorders. It causes red blood cells to take on a crescent (sickle) shape and become rigid. These cells can break apart easily, leading to anemia.

Luzibu Chevannes and her husband, Boris, are pictured in the living room of their West Hartford home surrounded by family photos. They have been married for eight years and want to have a child but ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. TIM NELSON: Did you know that September is sickle cell awareness month? Sickle cell is a genetic trait affecting red blood cells, and it causes intense ...

THE danger of high-altitude flying to patients with sicklemia, until lately, has been more theoretical than.real. As recently as 1951 Margolies 1 said that "the sickle cell trait is not a ...