Pamela Gyebi-Ababio, 18, first realised she had sickle cell disease when she started primary school. “I was always cold and had to wear socks and tights and I remember the head teacher picking on me for this in front of the whole school. It was horrid and I cried. As a result my parents...

Treatment of sickle cell anaemia is compromised by health workers' lack of knowledge, a report warns.    The first national survey of the disease found seriously ill patients were not offered support from sufficiently experienced staff. Patients' use of painkillers was not effectively...

  Scientists have developed a technique using embryonic stem cells to treat the genetic abnormality that causes sickle cell anaemia. Sickle cell anaemia is one of the most common genetic disorders worldwide and primarily affects people of African, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and Indian...