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A 21-year-old Long Island patient has been cured of sickle cell anemia thanks to a gene therapy treatment.
Netflix’s new show “Supacell” combines science fiction and fantasy to highlight Black communities’ ongoing struggle with sickle cell disease.
The approval could offer relief to thousands of people with the crippling disease in the U.K. Casgevy won its makers…
The study found less than half get the screening and only about half or fewer get treatment that can help…
The only cure for sickle cell disease is a bone marrow transplant from a matched sibling; Helen Nduku didn't have…
Velvet Brown-Watts and Jeremiah Watts are at the forefront of raising awareness on sickle cell in their Oklahoma community.
Rev. Jesse Jackson has healed and is ready to get back to work after he was released from the hospital…
Scientists are seeing promising results from the first studies testing gene editing for sickle cell which affects many Black people.
For Sickle Cell Awareness Month, seven advocates open up to theGrio about what it’s truly like living with sickle cell…
The Howard University College of Medicine has received a $42,000 grant to help support children living with sickle cell in…
Sickle Cell disease has been a killer in the Black community for decades, but it appears that new gene therapy…
Cory Booker and Tim Scott, on either side of the political aisle, help fight sickle cell, the blood disorder that…
T-Boz explains her journey with sickle cell disease and how it led her to becoming the new co-chair of the…
Shakira Martin, the former Miss Jamaica Universe, has died at age 30...
According to lawyers, a 50-year-old woman who was arrested after failing to pay her court fines died the next day…
CALIFORNIA, Pa. (AP) — A coroner says a women's basketball player found in her Pennsylvania dorm room in January died…
theGRIO REPORT - After more than three decades of studying life-threatening sickle cell disease, the most prevalent of all hereditary…
theGRIO REPORT - From a family history of diseases to bad breath or incurable STDs, theGrio explores health-related issues a…