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Tatyana Thompson found a successful experimental treatment for the genetic condition at 30 years old Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has ...

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SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – A 24-year-old Southfield college student has become the first patient in Michigan to receive a new gene therapy that could potentially cure sickle cell disease – marking a ...

Sickle cell disease is often thought of solely as a blood disorder, but new research from the Wood Neuro Research Group provides measurable evidence that it can reshape how brain networks function.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Blood donations provide vital support for many patients, especially for those living with sickle cell disease. Sickle cell is an inherited blood disorder that affects the ...

On her best days, Tatyana Thompson’s pain was at a level five. Some days, it would stay that way, a persistent throb in her joints, her hands, her back. On other days, if she was dehydrated or was hit ...

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — A newly opened sickle cell treatment center at the Medical University of South Carolina is facing growing criticism from patients and civil rights advocates who say they are ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Sickle cell patients and their families are speaking out, saying their pain is being treated with a one-size-fits-all approach that fails to recognize how differently ...