Sickle Cell News
5/17/2012 1:57 AM
Sickle cell fish fry fundraiser set for Saturday, May 19 Tulsa World Jeremiah Watts Sr. and his son, Jeremiah Watts Jr., gather outside the offices of Supporters of Families with Sickle Cell Disease in Tulsa on Tuesday. The boy has the condition, which led his mother to found the nonprofit agency. |
5/15/2012 7:24 PM
Sickle Cell Awareness Carnival Is June 16 The Chattanoogan Sickle cell is an inherited condition that is the most common and serious disease among African Americans. The disease has been described in individuals from several different ethnic backgrounds and is also seen with increased frequency in Latino ... |
5/18/2012 9:18 AM
Remington College highlights the need for minority blood donors KLFY Remington College has partnered with America's Blood Centers (ABC) and the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America (SCDAA) to raise awareness of the need for minority blood donors. The 3 Lives effort has collected more than 5000 pints of blood since ... Remington College-Little Rock Campus Blood Drive |
5/14/2012 7:02 AM
Zinc finger nucleases for targeted mutagenesis and repair of the sickle-cell ... 7thSpace Interactive (press release) Sickle cell disease (or simply, SCD) is an inherited hemoglobinopathy which is mostlyprevalent among persons of African descent. SCD results from a monogenic (Hemoglobin,beta) point-mutation (substitution of the base Adenine with Thymine at position ... |
5/15/2012 7:40 AM
Gamida Cell Raises $10M to Progress Phase III-Stage Hematologic Cancer Cell ... Genetic Engineering News The lead NAM-based product NiCord is in Phase I/II clinical development for the potential treatment of hematologic malignancies and hemoglobinopathies such as sickle cell disease and thalassemia. The NAM technology also forms the basis of the firm's ... Stem cell co Gamida Cell raises $10m |
5/10/2012 3:59 PM
 Pain Medicine News | Neuraxial Opioid Therapy Benefits a Subset Of Pediatric Sickle Cell Patients Pain Medicine News by Caroline Helwick New OrleansâChildren with sickle cell disease (SCD) who are not well managed with increasing doses of IV opioids can be treated effectively for pain with epidural analgesia, Emory University investigators reported at the recent ... |
4/29/2012 9:03 PM
New sickle cell clinic Gulf Daily News By Mandeep Singh , Posted on » Monday, April 30, 2012 SICKLE cell patients in Bahrain are set to benefit from a special follow-up clinic that will open soon. The decision to establish a weekly facility was made following a meeting between Health ... |
5/8/2012 1:41 PM
80000 chidren suffering from sickle cell anemia Daily Pioneer About 80000 children living in Raipur, Mahasamund and Durg districts between age group 3 to 15 years are suffering from sickle cell anemia a generic disorder that can be fatal. The shocking revelation was made by The Centre for Genetic Diseases and ... |
4/27/2012 2:21 AM
Sickle Cell Trait Improved by Regular Exercise dailyRx Those with the sickle cell trait might find an added benefit -- longevity and fewer complications. Unlike sickle cell disease, a painful inherited condition in which red blood cells are an abnormal crescent shape, those with the sickle cell trait ... |
5/14/2012 10:37 PM
AesRx begins phase 1/2a trial of anti-sickling agent Aes-103 pharmabiz.com AesRx, LLC, a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of treatments for two orphan diseases, has begun a phase 1/2a clinical trial of its novel Aes-103 anti-sickling agent in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). |
