On this map, the distribution of sickle-cell anemia haplotypes among nations with ... The haplotype data represented in this image were summarized from genetic epidemiological studies of sickle ...

Doctors noticed that patients who had sickle cell anemia, a serious hereditary blood disease, were more likely to survive malaria, a disease which kills some 1.2 million people every year.

Sickle cells grow into crescent shapes, instead of the round red blood cells seen in people without the gene New research suggests that the history of sickle-cell ... the image endures of one ...

At 9 months of age he appeared pale. Anemia was found, and electrophoresis established the diagnosis of sickle-cell disease. Both parents had hemoglobin-AS pattern on electrophoresis but were ...