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  2. Sickle cell disease - Wikipedia

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    As of 2015, about 4.4 million people have sickle cell disease, while an additional 43 million have sickle cell trait.

  3. Sickle cell trait - Wikipedia

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    Sickle cell anemia affects about 72,000 people in the United States. Most Americans who have sickle cell anemia are of African descent. The disease also affects Americans from the Caribbean, Central America, and parts of South America, Turkey, Greece, Italy, the Middle East and East India.

  4. U.S. approves two sickle cell gene therapies, which doctors ...

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    In the U.S., an estimated 100,000 people have sickle cell and about a fifth of them have the severe form. Sickle cell is most common among Black people and 1 in 365 Black babies are born with the...

  5. FDA approves cure for sickle cell disease, the first ... - AOL

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    The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a powerful treatment for sickle cell disease, a devastating illness that affects more than 100,000 Americans, the majority of whom are Black ...

  6. New sickle cell treatment sparks feelings of hope and some ...

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    A 2021 analysis by NORC, an independent research organization affiliated with the University of Chicago, identified 52,524 people with sickle cell disease who were enrolled in Medicaid in 2021 and ...

  7. Beta thalassemia - Wikipedia

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    A study aimed at detecting the genes that could give rise to offspring with sickle cell disease. Patients diagnosed with beta thalassemia have MCH ≤ 26 pg and an RDW < 19. Of 10,148 patients, 1,739 patients had a hemoglobin phenotype and RDW consistent with beta thalassemia.

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