The European Commission has granted orphan drug status to mitapivat, an oral investigational therapy for sickle cell disease.

Gene-editing kicked off 2024 with a bang in the medical sector but closed the year with a whimper. It started with the FDA ...

These sickle-shaped cells can obstruct blood flow, causing pain, organ damage ... which can be both physically and ...

New Laser-Based Headset Can Measure Blood Flow, Assess Risk of Stroke Sep. 30 ... Stroke Rates Increasing in Individuals Living With SCD Despite Treatment Guidelines Sep. 20, 2024 — The ...

In SCD, red blood cells become abnormally shaped like sickles, allowing them to get stuck in small blood vessels, which limits blood flow and causes severe pain, organ damage, and life-threatening ...

while the sleeve’s gradient pressure pattern helps to further maximise blood flow. Kendall SCD comes equipped with vascular refill detection (VRD) technology which reevaluates each patient's ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic disorder that results in the production ... a new hemoglobin-altering therapy ...

A not uncommon scenario that has been in the spotlight nowadays is endurance athletes, power athletes like bodybuilders and ...

As he grew older, he discovered he had sickle cell disease—a condition where his red blood cells take on a sickle shape, blocking blood flow and preventing ... cell disease (SCD) has a broad ...

Lack of blood flow can damage parts of the brain ... and risk of stroke," lead study author Leslie V. Farland, ScD, an assistant professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University ...

deforming them into the sickle shape that gives SCD its name. The deformed red blood cells are prone to getting trapped inside blood vessels and blocking blood flow, leading to painful vaso-occlusive ...