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  2. Sickle cell disease - Wikipedia

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    Sickle cell disease (SCD), also simply called sickle cell, is a group of hemoglobin-related blood disorders typically inherited. [2] The most common type is known as sickle cell anemia. [2] It results in an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying protein haemoglobin found in red blood cells. [2] This leads to a rigid, sickle -like shape under ...

  3. Sickle cell nephropathy - Wikipedia

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    Sickle cell disease. Sickle cell nephropathy is a type of kidney disease associated with sickle cell disease which causes kidney complications as a result of sickling of red blood cells in the small blood vessels. The hypertonic and relatively hypoxic environment of the renal medulla, coupled with the slow blood flow in the vasa recta, favors ...

  4. Sickle cell trait - Wikipedia

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    Sickle cell disease is a blood disorder wherein there is a single amino acid substitution in the hemoglobin protein of the red blood cells, which causes these cells to assume a sickle shape, especially when under low oxygen tension.

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

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    In patients with sickle cell disease, red blood cells, which are usually disk-shaped, take on a crescent or sickle shape. This change can cause cells to clump together, leading to clots and ...

  6. Promising new gene therapies for sickle cell are out of reach ...

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    There, sickle cell disease is more likely to disable or kill than in wealthy regions. Late diagnosis is common and basic care can be hard to come by. Sickle cell disease affects hemoglobin, the ...

  7. Opinion: The revolutionary sickle cell therapies

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    In December, the FDA approved the first two cell-based gene therapies for treating sickle cell disease: Casgevy and Lyfgenia. And, like any emerging medical technology, the initial use of the ...