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Ultrasound Screening Helps Prevent Stroke In Children With Sickle Cell Disease
December 6, 2008 — Screening with an ultrasound machine has proved highly successful in preventing stroke among children with sickle cell disease, by identifying children who are then preventively treated with blood ... > full story -
New Genetic Target For Sickle Cell Disease Therapy Found
December 4, 2008 — Researchers have identified a gene that directly affects the production of a form of hemoglobin that is instrumental in modifying the severity of the inherited blood disorders sickle cell disease and ... > full story -
Gene Therapy Corrects Sickle Cell Disease In Laboratory Study
December 3, 2008 — Using a harmless virus to insert a corrective gene into mouse blood cells, scientists have alleviated sickle cell disease pathology. In their studies, the researchers found that the treated mice ... > full story -
Scientists Shed Light On Evolution Of Gene Regulation
November 25, 2008 — Scientists have shed light on some of the processes that regulate genes and on the evolution of the DNA regions that regulate genes. The team focused on regulatory regions that, when bound to a ... > full story -
Children With Sickle Cell Disease Receiving Inadequate Care, Study Finds
November 24, 2008 — A new study finds that youth populations with sickle cell disease are receiving inadequate health care, and thus may fail to benefit from scientific advances. The study finds that the patients, ... > full story -
Bone Marrow Transplant Can Cure Sickle Cell Disease, Children's Hospital Study Suggests
November 7, 2008 — A unique approach to bone marrow transplantation has proven to be the only safe and effective cure for sickle cell disease, according to a new ... > full story -
Landmark Sickle Cell Disease Trial To Investigate Unrelated Donor Marrow And Umbilical Cord Blood Transplants
August 18, 2008 — More than 20 institutions are taking part in a first-ever Phase II clinical trial of unrelated donor marrow and umbilical cord blood transplants for severe sickle cell disease. If successful, the ... > full story -
Anemia Of Chronic Disease: An Adaptive Response?
August 11, 2008 — The anemia of chronic disease may be a beneficial, adaptive response to the underlying disease, rather than a negative effect of the illness, postulates an analysis article in ... > full story -
Avoiding Spleen Removal For Cooley's Anemia Sufferers
July 18, 2008 — Researchers may have discovered the precise role of a gene in one of the world's most common blood disorders, beta-thalassemia, commonly known as Cooley's anemia. Along with sickle-cell anemia, ... > full story -
Gaining Ground On Sickle Cell Disease
July 15, 2008 — Although sickle cell disease is a single-gene disorder, its symptoms are highly variable. In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists report five gene ... > full story
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