Sentences with phrase «called sickle cell»

Research team's multiscale scheme captures blood disorder's key molecular details Each year, 500,000 babies are born with a genetic disorder called sickle cell disease, a...

Black women are more likely to have sickle cell disease, also called sickle cell anemia.

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The Reverend said, however, that while he was struggling to raise the money, the hospital management called to inform him that the Sickle Cell Foundation of Nigeria had contributed N260, 000 to fund the operation as part of its efforts towards the treatment of the disease.

But the blood test that was used, the Sickledex test, could not tell people with the sickle - cell trait, called genetic heterozygotes, apart from those with sickle - cell disease, the homozygotes.

Turning off a gene called BCL11A in mice with sickle cell (right) disease helps them to produce red blood cells (left) with working hemoglobin molecules.

They then used the so - called induced pluripotent stem cells (IPS cells) to reverse a mouse version of the genetic disorder sickle - cell anemia, which causes normally circular red blood cells to form sickle - shaped, thereby impeding blood flow.

The drug, called SelG1, also reduced the frequency of pain crises in people with sickle cell disease and reduced the number of days they spent in the hospital.

Kwiatkowski and his team suspect that the variation might be subject to something called balancing selection — just like the sickle cell variation — where genes are selected because of their ability to protect against malaria, but are kept from becoming too common because of their potential downsides.

This causes red blood cells to become hard and sticky and resemble a curved farm tool called a «sickle.»

Hydroxyurea — This medication is prescribed to people with severe sickle cell anemia and it stimulates your body to make a type of hemoglobin called fetal hemoglobin.

Those with sickle - cell anemia or congenital heart defects are at greater risk for a condition called brain ischemia or cerebral ischemia.

Anemia can be triggered by blood loss, a folic acid or vitamin B12 deficiency, sickle cell disease, and a genetic disorder called thalassemia, among other causes.

She calls it «Better Days» after a group of her mother's friends who would hold parties, plays and fashion shows to raise money to fight sickle cell anemia, a disease that runs in her family.

Tyler and her family went through great effort to call for help, as the sick girl started to experience a sickle cell crisis as she was exposed to the elements.