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How a clinical trial participant became an advocate for the sickle cell community

Shauna Whisenton was once an individual living with sickle cell disease (SCD). Now she’s an advocate for better therapies, a cure, and better understanding...

These Patients Had Sickle-Cell Disease and Experimental Therapies Might Have Cured Them

Scientists have long known what causes sickle-cell disease and its devastating effects: a single mutation in one errant gene. But for decades, there has...

Sickle Cell Advocacy Day 2019's Message To Focus on Access to Care in Rural Georgia, Medicaid Expansion and Prescription Waivers

All Sickle Cell patients, families, friends and supporters from around the state are invited to join with the Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia for Sickle Cell...

Sickle Cell Treatment Act of 2018 Passed in Congress, Now Awaits President's Signature

On December 10, 2018, S.2465 - The Sickle Cell Disease and Other Heritable Blood Disorders Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2018  - was...

NNPA, Pfizer Release Groundbreaking Poll about Sickle Disease in the Black Community

A new poll about sickle cell disease (SCD), presented by the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and Pfizer revealed that while the majority of...

September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month-But the Need for Matched Blood Donors is All Year

African-American Donors Needed in Georgia, Metro Atlanta Specifically Did you know patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) who need blood transfusions can require transfusions as...

Sickle cell anemia added to Georgia's medical marijuana bill

State representatives said that after discussions among legislators, sickle cell anemia will be added to the list of maladies that is covered under the...

Sickle Cell Anemia on Rise in Newborns Worldwide

Sickle cell anemia is increasing worldwide, and more than 400,000 babies will be born with the hereditary blood disorder in 2050, according to...

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