Overall, the life expectancy of patients with SCD is lower than that of persons without SCD. 1 However, life expectancy varies depending on the type of disease, treatments administered, and ...

Indian farmer cutting rice plants with a sickle. Hand of indian farmers. Farmers paddy harvesting using a serrated sickle. Agriculture activity. Rice farming at harvest time. Slow motion video.

Jimi Olaghere thought he would have to wait decades to be freed from his sickle cell disease - but now scientists have engineered his blood to overcome the disease which left him in constant pain.

Acute chest syndrome (ACS) is a severe lung-related complication of sickle cell disease that affects both children and adults. Sickle cell disease (SCD) or anemia is an inherited blood disorder that ...