Doctors and researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center are hoping to bring a different therapy that uses a ...

How do mutations happen, and how do they influence the future of a species? Molecules of sickle-cell hemoglobin stick to one another, forming rigid rods. These rods cause a person's red blood ...

The potential target, the FLT1 gene, contributes to the production of a protein, fetal hemoglobin, whose presence is already known to improve the lifespan of people with sickle cell disease.

one pair of peptides ran differently. Ingram sequenced these two peptides and showed that the β chain of sickle cell hemoglobin had a valine residue at a position where normal hemoglobin had a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — One of Vanderbilt's latest studies has found a cure for sickle cell disease. Sickle cell is a blood disorder where the body creates mutated red blood cell proteins.