Sickle Cell

Barnes-Jewish Hospital opened its first adult sickle cell treatment center. The referral-based outpatient center will provide IV infusions to people with sickle cell disease who need immediate relief from pain without waiting at emergency rooms.

The FDA approved in December two cell-based gene therapies for sickle cell disease. Doctors and medical professionals say the therapies mark major advances in treatment. Black St. Louisans with the disease are hopeful that the approvals of the treatment will be life-changing but are worried about costs, risks and accessibility.

Long before Eric Kirkwood of Kansas City, Kansas, had his first sickle cell crisis at age 17, he knew about the pain caused by the disease. His uncle...

Improved treatments for sickle cell disease are extending the life expectancy of thousands of people in the United States, but many patients still lack…

Growing up, as the searing pain of a sickle cell crisis would spread through her veins, Tanjila Bolden-Myers would ask her mother if this time, it would…

An international study initiated by Washington University has found that giving monthly blood transfusions to children with sickle cell anemia can…

Just as with most things in life, when it comes to researching diseases, there is strength in numbers. Most funding goes to researching well-known and…