sickle
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Studies have shown that sickle cell trait can be fatal when coupled with rhabdomyolysis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Without any products on the market, Fulcrum Therapeutics had been striving to commercialize its experimental drug for sickle cell disease, but those plans appear to now be on hold.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
A model of how one of GluBio’s experimental ‘molecular glue’ drugs causes two proteins in the human body, WIZ and cereblon, to stick to each other in a way designed to relieve sickle cell disease.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
People living with sickle cell disease have red blood cells that are crescent shaped due to a gene mutation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026
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
“You can’t buy new sickles for combines anymore,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2022
Eighteen-year-old Noor Mohammad and 25-year-old Ahmad keep swinging their sickles to clear a remaining metre of grain.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2022
She was surprised by details like embroidered hammers and sickles, but also by the delicacy of its fabric.
From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2022
Behind them, a small band of black men and women, dressed in early 1800s field pants and waistcoats, long flowing skirts and turbans, marched in tight military columns, wielding rakes, sickles and cane knives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2019
Gogol is accustomed to the scenery, yet he still stares, at the short, dark men pulling rickshaws and the crumbling buildings side by side with fretwork balconies, hammers and sickles painted on their facades.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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