sickle
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Units from people with rare blood like Stoddart-Stones are used for patients with the same rare blood who are having an operation or need regular transfusions because of disorders such as sickle cell disease.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
In the United States, sickle cell disease affects about 100,000 people, with more than 90% of cases being among Black people, according to the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
"The first gene editing drug approved for a blood disease -- sickle cell anemia -- targets a cell-type specific enhancer."
From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2025
The biotech said a Phase 3 trial for mitapivat, a drug to treat sickle cell disease, had failed to meet several endpoints.
From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025
He’s got a big old sickle; is cutting weeds along his side of the road.
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
