What is Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)?
SCD is an inherited disorder of haemoglobin, the oxygen carrying molecule contained within red blood cells. Haemoglobin comprises four ‘globin’ protein chains, each wrapped around an iron -containing ‘haem’ grou...
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Today (19 June) is World Sickle Cell day, an annual event to help raise awareness and increase public knowledge of the disease, which is the most common disorder caused by a single inherited genetic mutation in the UK.
To mark the day, we spoke wi...
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