TDT is a serious, life-threatening genetic disease. TDT patients report health-related quality of life scores below the general population and significant health care resource utilization. TDT ...
Agios Pharmaceuticals has filed for regulatory approval of its drug Mitapivat (PYRUKYND) to treat adult patients with both non-transfusion-dependent and transfusion-dependent forms of alpha- or ...
Sickle cell disease is a global public health issue. Individuals with sickle cell disease (SCD) have two genes that cause the production of sickle hemoglobin, and these patients can have severe pain ...
Contrary to misconceptions among medical professionals and patients alike, individuals born with sickle cell trait (SCT) show no risk of experiencing the acute pain crises known to occur with sickle ...
September Is Sickle Cell Awareness Month. While many people are familiar with sickle cell anemia, sickle cell traits have also plagued our community. Sickle cell trait (SCT) is an inherited blood ...
Some types of sickle cell disease cause severe illness, while others have a mild or unapparent course. Sickle cell disease is present from birth and inherited from genes you receive from your parents.
Sickle cell conditions are genetic blood disorders that affect haemoglobin, the molecule in red blood cells responsible for carrying oxygen throughout the body. While both sickle cell trait and sickle ...
Feeling tired and weak all the time and having pale or yellowish skin may be connected to your genes. Alpha thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder in which specific gene mutations that get passed ...
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of genetic blood disorders. A person inherits SCD from their parents when they inherit two copies of the sickle cell gene, one from each parent. This hereditary ...