Chantez Sanford Jr., 24, of Southfield, says his life has been transformed after undergoing Lyfgenia gene therapy at Children ...

A mother who was diagnosed with sickle cell disease at just two months old has been cured of the condition after undergoing ...

It’s a medical breakthrough in treating sickle cell disease and a Michigan man is proof that it works.

The 23-year-old man received a gene therapy transfusion Wednesday at Manning Family Children's Hospital that doctors say should cure his sickle cell disease. It’s a condition he has lived with his ...

He is the first person in the state to receive LYFGENIA, a one-time gene therapy designed to keep the red blood cells that ...

When Dr. Ambroise Wonkam walked into a panel on medical genetics out of curiosity, he had no idea it would shape the course of his career. Born in Cameroon, Wonkam has dedicated his career to studying ...

Right now, approximately 20 billion red blood cells are busy traveling through your blood vessels. They are delivering oxygen to all the different tissues in your body and removing carbon dioxide to ...

Sickle cell disease refers to a group of genetic diseases that impact a protein that ferries oxygen through the blood. That protein is called hemoglobin, and in sickle cell disease, aberrant ...

People are often encouraged to “know their status,” however this healthy habit can be applied to more than just safe-sex practices. Although they are not the only community who suffers with sickle ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Ryan Dodson, 18, was diagnosed with sickle cell disease ...

A parasite that causes malaria is halted by sickle cells and makes people who carry the sickle cell trait more resistant to the disease. This is why sickle cell trait also occurs more in people who ...

Opinion: Thousands of Marylanders are living with sickle cell disease, but our health care system has not kept pace with our needs, writes Teanika D. Hoffman.