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

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   December 8, 2023 at 1:19 PM. 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 ...

4. Woman with sickle cell disease celebrates 80th birthday ... - AOL

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   The event also served as a fundraiser for the Sickle Cell Association of Texas Marc Thomas Foundation, raising $16,000 to support children with sickle cell disease and their families.

5. Sickle cell nephropathy - Wikipedia

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   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 sickling of red blood ...

6. Hemoglobin Lepore syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Sickle cell-Hb Lepore Boston syndrome is a type of sickle cell disease (HbS) that differs from homozygous sickle cell disease where both parents carry sickle hemoglobin. In this variant one parent has the sickle cell hemoglobin the second parent has Hb Lepore Boston, the only one of the three variants described in association with HbS. [7]

7. For people with sickle cell disease, ERs can mean life ... - AOL

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   For people living with the disease, a sickle cell crisis can happen at any time. When it does, their rigid, sickle-shaped red blood cells become stuck in their blood vessels, blocking flow and ...