Sickle Cell

Reading Time: < 1 minute Eight-year-old Emmanuel Muwowo sits quietly on his hospital bed clutching a blue plastic figurine in one hand.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute Regulators on Friday approved two new gene therapies for sickle cell disease that doctors hope can cure the painful, inherited blood disorder…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Sickle cell patients are being put at risk because of a chronic shortage of specialist nurses to treat them, a damning new…

Reading Time: < 1 minute The only cure for painful sickle cell disease today is a bone marrow transplant. But soon there may be a new cure…

Reading Time: < 1 minute A London hospital will investigate the impact of sickle  cell disease on eyesight. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute In the small town of Taveta, lodged in Kenya’s Taita Hills close to the border with Tanzania, families sat on every available…

Reading Time: < 1 minute A campaign has been launched to raise awareness of the urgent need for more black blood donors. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute A group of influential black Britons have launched a new campaign to raise awareness of the urgent need for more black blood…

Reading Time: < 1 minute While addressing journalists on the development, the Speaker of Oyo Youth Parliament, Hon. Israel Fawole said the project has been his long-term…