| Normal red blood cells are round and pliable, but in persons with sickle cell anemia these cells become firm and inflexible. |
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| Bone marrow transplantation may be considered in some cases of sickle cell anemia, thalassemia, and aplastic anemia. |
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| One patient had sickle cell anemia and showed sickled red blood cells in the dilated sinusoids. |
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| Among 10 teams competing to develop business plans at BioCamp 2009, the winning group focused on a new treatment approach for sickle cell anemia. |
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| The same would be true for couples of African or Mediterranean descent with regard to sickle cell anemia or thalassemia, respectively. |
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| Soon we'll see revolutionary new treatments for conditions like Alzheimer's, sickle cell anemia and schizophrenia. |
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| Both had sickle cell anemia, a blood disorder that often requires hospital care. |
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| Their interests include sickle cell anemia, women's education in Africa, health care quality and water conservation. |
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| This work continues to lead to the discovery of genes associated with specific diseases and inherited health risks, such as sickle cell anemia. |
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| You cannot prevent or treat sickle cell anemia with iron rich foods or iron tablets, but you can prevent a sickle cell attack. |
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| Linking the public cord blood bank to the sickle cell anemia program: we are at the stage of surveying the Black community to determine why it is so difficult to attract donors. |
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| Millions of people in developing countries continue to suffer from malaria, tuberculosis, sleeping sickness, sickle cell anemia, ebola and other tropical diseases. |
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| These grants aim to achieve such goals as the development of novel therapies for such diseases as sickle cell anemia and improving the chances of successful transplantations for Type I diabetics. |
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| An estimated one out of 400 black babies are born with sickle cell anemia. |
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| Participants in a medical research study on sickle cell anemia reported an increase in difficulties getting employment and insurance after they gave genetic samples to the researchers. |
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| The company's three lead, late stage products are for treatment of sickle cell anemia, transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy, and neurocysticercosis. |
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| Many advocates of germline engineering say it is needed to allow couples to avoid passing on genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis or sickle cell anemia. |
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| Genetic disorders, and in particular hemoglobinopathies such as sickle cell anemia and thalassemia are common in Saudi Arabia, especially in the eastern and southern regions. |
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| Twenty-seven additional chapters treat erythropoiesis, thalassemia, sickle cell anemia, and hemoglobinopathies, their world distribution and health burden. |
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| Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disease that can cause bouts of pain, damage to vital organs and, sometimes, death in childhood. |
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| Sickle cell anemia is caused by a mutation from a glutamate to a valine in the beta chain of the hemoglobin molecule. |
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