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April 15th 2024
A recent multi-center study identified risk factors linked to premature mortality in sickle cell disease, including male gender and hematologic and biochemical parameters.
Neutrophil, Platelet Engraftment is Successful with Briquilimab in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
January 3rd 2023The targeted patient population included those with sickle cell disease or beta thalassemia who were considered at high risk for complications, or otherwise ineligible for standard myeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplant.
Corinna Schultz, MD: Does Sickle Cell Trait get Addressed?
December 12th 2022"There's no national guidance on how this information should be delivered back to families, which leaves it up to each state's newborn screening program to decide the best route that they see fit," Dr. Corinna Schultz explains.
Distinct CMML Transformation Phenotypes Associated With Drug Sensitivity
The observed heterogeneity between BP-CMML cases suggested distinct clinicopathological phenotypes and the investigators integrated clinical metadata with blast immunophenotype with 59 independent features.
Study Supports Capsaicin as Potential Pain Treatment for Patients with SCD
July 25th 2022Investigators found that when assessing patients with sickle cell disease and neuropathic pain the TRPV1 receptor is a crucial component in the development of hypersensitivity and potential therapeutic benefit of capsaicin.