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  2. Henrietta Lacks - Wikipedia

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    Henrietta Lacks. Henrietta Lacks (born Loretta Pleasant; August 1, 1920 – October 4, 1951) [1] was an African-American woman [4] whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line [A] and one of the most important cell lines in medical research. An immortalized cell line reproduces indefinitely ...

  3. Sickle cell disease - Wikipedia

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    Sickle cell disease (SCD), also simply called sickle cell, is a group of hemoglobin-related blood disorders typically inherited. [2] The most common type is known as sickle cell anemia. [2] It results in an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying protein haemoglobin found in red blood cells. [2] This leads to a rigid, sickle -like shape under ...

  4. James B. Herrick - Wikipedia

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    Fields. Medicine. James Bryan Herrick (11 August 1861 in Oak Park, Illinois – 7 March 1954 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American physician and professor of medicine who practiced and taught in Chicago. He is credited with the description of sickle-cell disease and was one of the first physicians to describe the symptoms of myocardial infarction.

  5. Woman with sickle cell disease celebrates 80th birthday ... - AOL

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    Retired special education teacher Patricia McGill, 80, is among the oldest people in the U.S. with sickle cell disease. Woman with sickle cell disease celebrates 80th birthday, defying life ...

  6. Life as a sickle cell warrior: How advocates are changing the ...

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    Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of red blood cell disorders occurring when a child inherits the sickle cell gene from both parents possessing the sickle cell trait. “Living with sickle cell ...

  7. Victoria Gray - Wikipedia

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    Victoria Gray. Victoria Gray was the first patient ever to be treated with the gene-editing tool CRISPR for sickle-cell disease. [1] This marked the initial indication that a cure is attainable for individuals born with sickle-cell disease and another severe blood disorder, beta-thalassemia. [1]

  8. The Sickle Cell Society - Wikipedia

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    The Sickle Cell Society , established as a registered charity in 1979, was founded by a group of people with sickle cell disease, their parents and their physicians, aims to improve understanding and management of the condition.

  9. Elizabeth Anionwu - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.elizabethanionwu.co.uk. Dame Elizabeth Nneka Anionwu OM DBE FRCN (born Elizabeth Mary Furlong; 2 July 1947) is a British nurse, health care administrator, lecturer, and Emeritus Professor of Nursing at the University of West London. In 1979, Anionwu became the United Kingdom's first sickle-cell and thalassemia nurse specialist ...