The Invisible Pain People With Sickle Cell Anemia Go Through Every Day

Thirty years into my sickle cell anemia diagnosis, it’s safe to say I’ve lost a lot. From the organs in my ailing body to friends, businesses, money and more, I’ve accumulated a nice streak of losses that makes even the 2014-2015 New York Knicks feel like NBA Champions.

Sickle cell anemia is no joke. It’s a condition in which the sufferer doesn’t have the right amount of healthy red blood cells to deliver enough oxygen to the body. Believe me, every single day is battle in a war that will probably never end. It’s a strange and awkward phenomenon when your own body wages war against you.

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The Invisible Pain People With Sickle Cell Anemia Go Through Every Day

 

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Schoolboy with sickle cell disease died after bungling junior doctor ignored instructions to carry out blood test

A schoolboy with sickle cell disease died after a junior doctor ignored instructions from his consultant to carry out a blood test, an inquest has heard.

Emmanuel Akinmuyiwa, seven, from Tyseley, collapsed and died during a blood transfusion after staff ‘missed opportunities’ to save his life.

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Rice lab offers new strategies, tools for genome editing

Rice University bioengineers have found new techniques for precision genome editing that are more accurate and have fewer off-target errors.

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Improving Life for Kids With Sickle Cell Anemia

New England Research Institutes (NERI) has been awarded a federal research contract from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to complete a study with promising treatment for sickle cell anemia in children that will address gaps in the best possible care.

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Improving Life for Kids With Sickle Cell Anemia