Eleven-year-old Martin Mwita, of Omaha, has made more than 300 visits to health care facilities since he was a baby. Because of sickle cell disease, he's suffered three strokes and countless other ...

Maturing precursor red blood cells display Heme Responsive Gene 1(HRG1) transporters (in green). These protein complexes are expressed on cell membranes and shuttle the iron-containing molecule heme ...

Given the remarkable advances seen with gene therapies for sickle cell disease (SCD), it may seem counterintuitive to suggest the space may be in need of more therapies that have already been ...

What Is a RDW Blood Test? An RDW blood test – also known as a red blood cell distribution width blood test – is a measure of the difference in your red blood cells’ size and volume. RDW is one part of ...