Tracing sickle cell back to one child, 7,300 years ago Check out this amazing article by Nalina Eggert of BBC News for a journey of SCD from 7,300 years ago. The article contains videos and text that will provide a new perspective for how SCD developed and continues to influence the lives of people who suffer […]
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5th Annual Lowcountry Sickle Cell Disease Symposium Therapeutic Options in Sickle Cell Disease Saturday, April 28, 2018 MUSC Drug Discovery Building 97 Jonathan Lucas Street Charleston, SC Conference Description Sickle Cell Disease is the most common inherited blood illness. Due to improvements in childhood care, many more patients are living into adulthood. There not enough
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**Due to a production issue Endari is not currently available, but as soon as becomes available we will post it up on the website. Hello everyone, great news! Endari is available as of December 17. Endari is a concentrated form of L-Glutamine. Its formuls is for sickle cell disease. When taken as directed, it has
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Today I want to share something with you. It’s something I rarely talk about and that very few people know about me. But, since yesterday was my 5 year anniversary, I am overwhelmed with feelings. I can’t believe where I am in my life today and want to share my happiness with you. As
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Sickle Cell Warriors has exclusively partnered with Global Blood Therapeutics (GBT) to livestream the Annual Sickle Cell Disease Therapeutics Conference. It will take place in New York City on September 14. You can view it with SCW at https://www.facebook.com/SickleCellWarriors/. This conference is the first to be entirely live streamed on our Facebook page. Through the
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Hello everyone! Sickle Cell Warriors, we hear complaints that there is not enough being done for Sickle Cell Disease. Only a few people completed this survey which is disappointing. For instance, there are over 100,000 people with SCD in the US and millions abroad and very few people have filled it out. How can we
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From time to time, we get requests from researchers who would like members of the sickle cell community to participate in various types of research. This inquiry has been pre-screened, and your info will be kept confidential and private. In addition, please use your own judgement, and only proceed if you feel comfortable doing so.
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This excellent action network resource dedicates itself to sickle cell disease. For the last few months, Gary Gibson, President of the Martin Center Sickle Cell Initiative hosted this amazing show. Tune in every Tuesday, 1pm PST/4pm EST to get your latest news and happenings in the sickle cell community, hear more about management of SCD,
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Breaking news from all around the world in #sicklecell disease. Stem Cell Transplant in sickle cell news Adult Successful stem cell transplant of 12 adults with sibling matches (half-match) at University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences, Chicago. Therefore, there is a 92% cure rate, 1 reversal (that patient did not follow protocol post-transplant). Great
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