Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic blood disorder that can affects a person’s red blood cells and can cause severe pain and other complications among people diagnosed with the disorder. One in twelve people of African descent carry the sickle cell gene, meaning...
Sickle cell disease is considered the most prevalent inherited disease in the world. Debilitating pain episodes disrupt every aspect of life for patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), while the disease damages nearly every organ of the body; medical complications...