How to Use sickle cell anemia in a Sentence

sickle cell anemia

noun

• Her father died last May from sickle cell anemia at the age of 72.
  — Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2021
• Later this year, the company will test its first drug on people with sickle cell anemia.
  — New York Times, 27 June 2022
• Gene editing has been hailed for its potential to help treat diseases like cancer and sickle cell anemia.
  — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 30 Dec. 2019
• Today, sickle cell anemia remains a heavy burden on public health.
  — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2018
• Genetics can also be to blame, such as with the chronic illness sickle cell anemia.
  — Mathew Devine, SELF, 23 May 2022
• One of his fans, Jeffrey McKenzie, was born with sickle cell anemia.
  — Jamie Yuccas, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2020
• Hulsizer hypothesized that the sickle cell anemia trait might have something to do with it.
  — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 11 Aug. 2021
• Born with sickle cell anemia, Antwiwaa needs monthly blood transfusions.
  — James Anderson, ajc, 10 Aug. 2021
• Willie Wells, a 38-year-old entrepreneur, has sickle cell anemia.
  — Roy S. Johnson | [email protected], al, 9 Mar. 2021
• Once inside the car, the teen who is home-schooled due to his severe asthma and sickle cell anemia, said police questioned him about the whereabouts of a gun.
  — Tanya A. Christian, Essence, 18 June 2019
• Blood is used in the treatment of diseases, particularly sickle cell anemia and some cancers.
  — Anna Nagurney, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2020
• It is shown from the viewpoint of a young girl whose father has sickle cell anemia and spotlights the impact of the medical event on the family.
  — Charles Taylor, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022
• Risk factors for strokes include high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes and sickle cell anemia.
  — Rebecca Maitland, Houston Chronicle, 19 July 2019
• Medical experts have suggested the young pharaoh suffered from malaria or sickle cell anemia.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 23 June 2022
• The 21-year-old had been born with sickle cell anemia, a genetic mutation that causes red blood cells to become rigid and pointy.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Sep. 2019
• Klimetz said Ellis has suffered pain from sickle cell anemia his whole life and began abusing alcohol and drugs to combat it.
  — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2020
• Human trials are just beginning for Crispr therapies that would fight cancer and treat sickle cell anemia.
  — Wired.com Staff, WIRED, 22 May 2018
• Recessive diseases, such as sickle cell anemia, usually require two defective copies of the same gene.
  — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2018
• Watchful waiting For Goins, one of the most difficult parts of raising a child with sickle cell anemia is playing the waiting game.
  — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2018
• The blood disorder sickle cell anemia carries a life expectancy of 40-60.
  — Ron Hart, Billboard, 24 Nov. 2017
• But Travanna has sickle cell anemia, a rare red blood cell disorder that requires her to receive monthly blood transfusions.
  — Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2021
• Doctors in the United States first noticed sickle cell anemia in the early 1900s.
  — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2018
• As one of the many benefits of that outreach, Lattimer said Lerner helped establish sickle cell anemia testing in the schools.
  — Graydon Megan, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2019
• People with sickle cell anemia are prone to several problems as the blood cells clog different parts of the body, including strokes, organ damage and blindness.
  — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2018
• Cell therapies can also be provided to patients with sickle cell anemia, most of whom are African American.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2022
• Tens of thousands of people get bone marrow transplants every year for blood cancers and other blood diseases including leukemia, lymphoma, and sickle cell anemia.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Dec. 2019
• Tens of thousands of people get bone marrow transplants every year, for blood cancers and other blood diseases including leukemia, lymphoma and sickle cell anemia.
  — Heather Murphy, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2019
• Gordon Ballard was born with sickle cell anemia -- a disorder in which there aren’t enough healthy red blood cells to move oxygen through the body -- and suffered one or two crises per year, his daughter said.
  — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 19 June 2021
• Four months into the world, upon experiencing her first pain crisis, doctors diagnosed the now 26-year-old with sickle cell anemia.
  — Brianna Arps, Essence, 23 Apr. 2021
• One of the most promising, for example, is studying whether gene editing can treat, and effectively cure, blood disorders such as beta thalassemia and sickle cell anemia.
  — Time, 6 Aug. 2019