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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 ...
Supacell. Supacell is a 2024 British superhero television series, created and written by Rapman for Netflix. It was directed by Rapman and Sebastian Thiel, and premiered with six episodes on 27 June 2024. Set in modern-day South London, the series is about a group of five ordinary black people, unified by family history of sickle cell disease.
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.
December 8, 2023 at 1:19 PM. 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 ...
“Living with sickle cell has been a never-ending roller coaster,” explains 31-year-old sickle cell warrior Shanice Williams. Life as a sickle cell warrior: How advocates are changing the face ...
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The Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc. originated in Racine, Wisconsin. Representatives from 15 different community-based sickle cell organizations came together at Wingspread, a community center, as guest of the Johnson Foundation. There was a common belief that there was a need for national attention to sickle cell disease.
Anthony Clifford Allison (21 August 1925 – 20 February 2014) was a South African geneticist and medical scientist who made pioneering studies on the genetic resistance to malaria. [2] Clark completed his primary schooling in Kenya, completed his higher education in South Africa, and obtained a BSc in medical science from the University of the ...