I was recently at the American Red Cross to donate blood and was given interesting material on the need for Black blood ...

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What was puzzling was why sickle cell anemia was so prevalent in some African populations. How could a "bad" gene-- the mutation that causes the sometimes lethal sickle cell disease -- also be ...

On this map, the distribution of sickle-cell anemia haplotypes among nations with ... haplotype within a given study group. CAR= Central African Republic. Data were taken from Monteiro et al., ...

Sickle-cell trait haplotype ... This leads to leads to anemia, as well as congestion and fibrosis of the spleen at an early age. In contrast to these non-African cases of SCA due to breeding ...

In the United States, about 100,000 people have sickle cell disease, and the vast majority are non-Hispanic Black or African American, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Learn more. DEAR DR. ROACH: I was recently at the American Red Cross to donate blood and was given interesting material on the need for Black blood donors for sickle cell anemia patients.

Dr. Roach: I was recently at the American Red Cross to donate blood and was given interesting material on the need for Black blood donors for sickle cell anemia ... of whom have African ancestry.