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Sickle Cell Articles in Black Magazines

By Erin Hecht On September 25, 2016 · Add Comment · In Historical Perspectives - Research Articles
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.
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Forward to Living in the Genetic Age: New Issues, New Challenges (2009)

By calovel On February 19, 2016 · Add Comment · In Historical Perspectives - Research Articles
By Vence L. Bonham Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law & Policy, Volume 3, Issue 1, 2009
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Sickle Cell Anemia: A Report of Eight Cases, One With Necropsy (1934)

By calovel On February 19, 2016 · Add Comment · In Historical Perspectives - Research Articles
By John C. Corrigan, M.D., and Irving W. Schiller, M.D. New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 210, Number 8, pages 410-417
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Sickle-Cell Disease (1997)

By calovel On February 19, 2016 · Add Comment · In Historical Perspectives - Research Articles
By Graham R. Serjeant Lancet, Volume 350, pages 725-730
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The Inheritance of Sickle Cell Anemia (1949)

By calovel On February 19, 2016 · Add Comment · In Historical Perspectives - Research Articles
By James V. Neel Science, Volume 110, pages 64-66
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Peculiar elongated and sickle-shaped red blood corpuscles in a case of severe anemia (1910, 2001)

By calovel On December 15, 2015 · Add Comment · In Historical Perspectives - Featured Articles, Historical Perspectives - Research Articles
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Sickle Cell Anemia, A Molecular Disease (1949)

By calovel On December 15, 2015 · Add Comment · In Historical Perspectives - Research Articles
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