Despite a Trump administration push, there are few facilities offering the complex treatment in the rural areas where many ...

Sickle cell disease is a devastating, inherited blood disorder that affects an estimated eight million people worldwide and ...

Elaine Chen covers biotech, co-writes The Readout newsletter, and co-hosts STAT’s weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Elaine on Signal at elaineywchen.70. Allison DeAngelis is the ...

A medicine synthesized more than a century ago and used for decades as an anti-cancer drug dramatically reduces mortality in people with sickle cell disease. Researchers writing in today's Journal of ...

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LAFAYETTE PARISH — Acadiana it's time to lace up your sneakers to raise awareness about sickle cell disease during the fourth annual Sickle Cell Walk and Free Health Expo. Plus, you get a chance to ...

Individuals with both sickle cell disease (SCD) and sickle cell trait are at higher risk than others of developing renal medullary cancer (RMC), the rarest and deadliest subtype of kidney cancer.

Technology is fueling the future of health in South Florida. Lots of innovation is happening in the region. Medical students are using simulators to train. AI is targeting Alzheimer’s, cancer and ...

The annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology drew more than 30,000 attendees to San Diego, and more who participated in the conference virtually, all of them looking to see and hear ...

Kennedy and Kendall Richmond are spending Christmas apart, but a bone marrow transplant may finally bring them together.