By Shreoshree Chakrabarty: Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a group of inherited blood disorders that affect the shape and function of red blood cells. The most severe form, Sickle Cell Anemia, occurs ...

Twenty-eight blood-based protein biomarkers, including substance P and CRP, are elevated during sickle cell vaso-occlusive episodes, but not chronic pain.

International sickle cell day coincided with the publication of a new report from the NHS Race and Health Observatory.1 Despite barely making the mainstream news, this study shows stark differences in ...

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Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) on Friday released results from the Phase 3 THRIVE-131 study evaluating inclacumab, an investigational P-selectin inhibitor, in patients 16 years of age and older with sickle ...

A Pfizer drug designed to address a severe problem associated with sickle cell disease failed to beat a placebo in a Phase 3 clinical trial. It’s the latest setback for Pfizer in this inherited blood ...