Fighting sickle cell disease in America
$3 million federal grant awarded to Hemex Health to develop first point-of-care sickle cell testing device for U.S....
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A ‘game changer’ for people with sickle cell disease
Case Western Reserve University researcher, company, collaborating to develop blood test measuring the effects, potency of new gene...
5 things to know about… sickle cell disease
September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, which aims to bring attention to advancing research, care practices, treatments...
NHLBI honors students for interactive book on sickle cell disease
Zoe Sekyonda, a second-year student pursuing her PhD in biomedical engineering, was among a team of students who...
5 questions with… Olabimpe Olayiwola, sickle cell disease researcher
According to the Centers for Disease Control, approximately 100,000 Americans are affected by sickle cell disease (SCD), a...
Engineering’s Umut Gurkan says that sickle cell disease treatments have been fairly limited for decades
A new clinical trial will explore gene editing for sickle cell disease Verywell Health: Umut Gurkan, the Warren...
Case Western Reserve’s Yolanda Fortenberry receives Hartwell Foundation Award for sickle cell disease research
One of just 12 researchers nationally chosen for biomedical study to potentially benefit children Yolanda Fortenberry, an associate...
A new weapon in the fight against sickle cell disease
Technology behind this week’s launch of Hemex Health’s “Gazelle” diagnostic platform was developed by researchers at Case Western...
Reaching toward a cure for sickle cell disease
Case Western Reserve University awarded $3.7 million to assess clinical trials at U.S. sites in wide-ranging effort to...
Engineering’s Umut Gurkan wins 2018 Patents for Humanity Honorable Mention for hemoglobin scanner
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced the winners of its 2018 Patents for Humanity...