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
So I’ve always been aware of it, and I’ve lost now four friends to sickle cell.
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 pointed away over the land of Rohan into the darkling West under the sickle moon.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
