Posts Tagged ‘SC News and Research’
October 4, 2010: This Week in SC News and Research
Hello everyone, Sickle Cell Warriors in Tennessee ~ great news! A Vanderbilt-Meharry Center for Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease has been established by Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Meharry Medical College. This means that we now have 11 centers for sickle cell disease. Hopefully this means that more qualitative research can be done on people…
Read MoreUgandan Girl Meets Obama
By Henry Mukasa US President Barack Obama met a nine-year-old Ugandan girl who made a wish to meet the powerful leader when she heals from sickle-cell anemia. Carol Mulumba, now free from sickle cell, underwent a bone-marrow transplant at Methodist Children’s Hospital in the US in 2008. The bone marrow, donated by her brother, Mark,…
Read MoreSeptember 13, 2010: This Week in SC Research
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the seminal case report published in the Archives of Internal Medicine (November 1910) by James B. Herrick titled “Peculiar Elongated and Sickle-Shaped Red Blood Corpuscles in a Case of Severe Anemia.” 90% of people with sickle cell are born outside of the United States (mostly in Africa and…
Read MoreAugust 30, 2010: This Week in SC Research
There were limited breakthroughs in sickle cell research this week. A group that studies lipids released a paper that identified certain levels of high-density lipo-proteins in children with sickle cell. This can be used in the future as bio-markers to target medical research. It’s very techy, but for those inclined, read more on it HERE.…
Read MoreAugust 20, 2010: This Week in SC Research
Once again, it’s a slow research week. The only thing to report from last week is the following: AesRx is developing a pill form of Aes-103, a small molecule pill that could reduce the number of red blood cells that can sickle. The company plans to begin human clinical trials in 2011. I couldn’t find…
Read MoreThis Week in SC Research
This week in SC research, not that much went on. HemoBioTech announced a new patent called HemoTech, which is a hemoglobin substitute. This is made from bovine hemoglobin (cows), and works just like human hemoglobin in delivering oxygen to the cells. It has been tested for several months in Seattle on sickle cell patients with…
Read MoreThe Global Angst of Sickle Cell
Tosin examines the plight of sickle cell around the world.
Read MoreGetting Cured From Sickle Cell
Have you ever thought about undergoing adult bone marrow transplant to cure your sickle cell? Here is a short testimony from a warrior who did it, and now lives sickle cell free.
Read MoreThis Week in Sickle Cell Research
Catch up on the latest sickle cell research.
Read MoreSC Cures on the Horizon
Scientists are working hard in their fields to stop sickle cell. Catch up on the latest news, research and cures on the horizon.
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