Universal newborn screening and early treatment mean 90% of Americans born with sickle cell disease (SCD) will live to adulthood. However, few adult physicians understand how to treat the complex, chronic nature of this rare disease, and still too little is known...
Sickle cell disease is a genetic blood disorder predominantly affecting people of color. The abnormal gene results in misshapen, sickle-shaped red blood cells that become “stuck” in tiny blood vessels throughout the body and block blood flow and oxygen to organs....
Ten years ago, when Finn Hawkins arrived in Boston to begin a pulmonology fellowship, he had barely set foot in a science lab. A native of Galway, a small city on the west coast of Ireland, Hawkins had just completed a residency in the United States and was already a...
