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NCAA Mandatory Sickle Cell Screening Program Not Enough to Save Athletes' Lives, Study Finds
December 12, 2011 — In response to a lawsuit after a college football player died from complications due to sickle cell trait (SCT) during a workout, the NCAA implemented mandatory SCT screening of all Division I ... > full story -
Safe Way to Repair Sickle Cell Disease Genes, Study Suggests
December 7, 2011 — Researchers have developed a way to use patients' own cells to potentially cure sickle cell disease and many other disorders caused by mutations in a gene that helps produce blood ... > full story -
Protection from Severe Malaria Explained
November 18, 2011 — Why do people with a hereditary mutation of the red blood pigment hemoglobin (as is the case with sickle-cell anemia prevalent in Africa) not contract severe malaria? Scientists have now solved this ... > full story -
'Silent' Stroke Risk Factors for Children With Sickle Cell Anemia
November 17, 2011 — Factors such as low hemoglobin levels, increased systolic blood pressure, and male gender are linked to a higher risk of silent cerebral infarcts, or silent strokes, in children with sickle cell ... > full story -
Potential Treatment for Sickle Cell Disease
November 2, 2011 — Few options are available to prevent the painful episodes and organ damage that are common with sickle cell disease. But a new lab study has revealed a key trigger for producing healthy red blood ... > full story -
Using Math and Light to Detect Misshapen Red Blood Cells
October 31, 2011 — Researchers have pioneered a technique that will allow doctors to ascertain the healthy shape of red blood cells in just a few seconds, by analyzing the light scattered off hundreds of cells at a ... > full story -
Researchers Correct Sickle Cell Disease in Adult Mice: Protein Could Be a Target for Treating People Who Have the Blood Disorder
October 13, 2011 — Scientists have corrected sickle cell disease in adult laboratory mice by activating production of a special blood component normally produced before, but not after, ... > full storyMore: -
Correcting Sickle Cell Disease With Stem Cells
September 28, 2011 — Using a patient's own stem cells, researchers have corrected the genetic alteration that causes sickle cell disease, a painful, disabling inherited blood disorder that affects mostly ... > full story -
Sickle Cell Trait Is Not Risk Factor for Kidney Disease: Study Contradicts Earlier Findings
September 14, 2011 — Researchers report that sickle cell trait is not a risk factor for the development of severe kidney disease in African-Americans. The study contradicts findings from a 2010 study that first suggested ... > full story -
Malaria Prevention Strategies Could Substantially Cut Killer Bacterial Infections, Study Suggests
September 6, 2011 — Interventions targeting malaria, such as insecticide-treated bed nets, antimalarial drugs and mosquito control, could substantially reduce cases of bacteraemia, which kill hundreds of thousands of ... > full story
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