Sickle Cell Newsletter for December 2016
News Crizanlizumab for the Prevention of Pain Crises in Sickle Cell Disease http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1611770#t=article The up-regulation of P-selectin in endothelial cells and platelets contributes to the cell–cell interactions that are involved in the pathogenesis of vaso-occlusion and sickle cell–related pain crises. The safety and efficacy of crizanlizumab, an antibody against the adhesion molecule P-selectin, […]
Sickle Cell Newsletter for October 2016
News Gene therapy for sickle cell disease passes key preclinical test- Decades-old discovery about fetal hemoglobin is on track for clinical trial in the coming year http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/09/gene-therapy-for-sickle-cell-disease-passes-key-preclinical-test/ A precision-engineered gene therapy virus, inserted into blood stem cells that are then transplanted, markedly reduced sickle-induced red-cell damage in mice with sickle cell disease, researchers […]
Sickle Cell Articles in Black Magazines
Ebony and Jet have highlighted news stories that are marketed specifically towards African-Americans since 1945 and 1951 respectively. Because sickle cell trait and disease affects many African-Americans, it has been covered in several articles in both Ebony and Jet magazines. According to the National Institute of Health, about 1 in 13 African-American babies are born with sickle cell trait and about 1 in 365 black children are born with sickle cell disease. In this section, we have summarized a few articles from a myriad of magazine articles from over several decades that discuss sickle cell. These articles raise sickle cell awareness, highlight individual actors and organizations that have made a difference, share information, personal stories, and more.
World Sickle Cell Day 2016 Photo Gallery
Courtesy of Fédération Française des Associations de Malades Drepanocytaires et Thalassemiques Website: www.sosglobi.fr Instagram: @fmdtsosglobi Courtesy of Sickle Life Website: www.sicklelife.org Instagram: @sickle_life Courtesy of Sickle Cell Ireland Website: www.sicklecellsocietyireland.org Instagram: @sicklecellireland
Understanding the Impact of Sickle Cell Disease
This infographic for sickle cell awareness was produced by the new Sickle Cell Disease Coalition, formed by American Society of Hematology.
Sickle Cell Newsletter for September 2016
News Landmark Article in New England Journal of Medicine Health experts have long believed that sickle cell gene variants, which occur in about 1 in 13 African-Americans, increase the risk of premature death, even when people carry only a single copy of the variant. But health records of nearly 50,000 active-duty U.S. Army […]