Sickle cell disease—the subject of a new Seminar in The Lancet—is one of the most prevalent and fastest-growing genetic disorders worldwide. Although its true prevalence is difficult to determine ...

Chantez Sanford Jr., 24, of Southfield, says his life has been transformed after undergoing Lyfgenia gene therapy at Children ...

The 23-year-old man received a gene therapy transfusion Wednesday at Manning Family Children's Hospital that doctors say should cure his sickle cell disease. It’s a condition he has lived with his ...

My Blood, Your Blood, a new children's book by author and producer Laura Henry-Allain MBE and illustrated by Zenovia Grant, is full of heroes. Based on the real-life experience of 13-year-old Angel ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) can affect people of any ethnicity but is much more common among Africans and African Americans. Other ethnic groups with higher rates of SCD include Hispanic Americans from ...