Eleven-year-old Martin Mwita, of Omaha, has made more than 300 visits to health care facilities since he was a baby. Because of sickle cell disease, he's suffered three strokes and countless other ...
KISUMU, Kenya, Jan 26 -- Victoria Hospital in Kisumu, an annex of the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH), has become the first public hospital in Kenya to acquire a ...
JOOTRH has introduced automated red cell exchange using the Spectra Optia apheresis system, offering advanced care for sickle cell patients in western Kenya. Doctors say the procedure reduces ...
The first-ever automated red blood cell exchange transfusion in a public hospital in Kenya was successfully conducted at Victoria Hospital, an annexe of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral ...
Blood and platelet donations are vital in supporting patients with sickle cell disease undergoing gene therapies and stem cell transplants, as well as those who need regular blood transfusions to ...
Given the remarkable advances seen with gene therapies for sickle cell disease (SCD), it may seem counterintuitive to suggest the space may be in need of more therapies that have already been ...