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2. Black man with sickle cell disease died ‘naked and alone’ in ...

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   Sickle cell disease is an inherited long-term and potentially life-threatening condition which predominantly affects Black people, with around 15,000 people in England thought to live with the ...

3. Sickle cell disease - Wikipedia

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   The mutation which causes sickle cell disease results in an abnormal hemoglobin known as hemoglobin S (HbS), which replaces HbA in adults. [20] The human genome contains a pair of genes for β-globin; in people with sickle cell disease, both genes are affected and the erythropoietic cells in the bone marrow will only create HbS.

4. Samuel Charache - Wikipedia

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   Samuel Charache (January 12, 1930 – January 29, 2019) was an American hematologist and professor at Johns Hopkins University. He led the research team that discovered the first effective treatment for sickle cell disease, a painful and sometimes fatal blood disorder that mainly affects people of African ancestry. [1]

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

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   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 majority of whom are Black.

6. Sickle cell trait - Wikipedia

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   Unlike the sickle-cell trait, sickle-cell disease is passed on in a recessive manner. Sickle cell anemia affects about 72,000 people in the United States. Most Americans who have sickle cell anemia are of African descent.

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 ...