Tracing sickle cell back to one child, 7,300 years ago

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 from it today.

New research suggests that the history of sickle-cell disease goes back to a mutation in just one person, a development researchers hope will make treatment less complicated for the many people who suffer from this painful illness. So how have they traced it and why does it matter?

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But wait!  There’s more … check out all of these articles as well, each tracing sickle cell back to the original ancestor.

Quartz article click here.

Face2Face Africa article click here.

IFL Science article click here.

New York Times article click here.

Genome Web article click here.

Science Magazine article click here.