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​​​To enhance the quality of life of individuals and families affected by sickle cell disease through education, advocacy, and support.

Annual Sickle Cell Gala

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PCORI Board approves $18 million for research on sickle cell disease

12-year-old boy pens book about living with sickle cell disease

Dr. Biree Andemariam, SCDAA’s Chief Medical Officer, and Hertz Nazaire, an artist and sickle cell patient, recently interviewed with the MIT Technology Review regarding treatment for sickle cell disease with the gene-editing tool CRISPR. Click here to read the article.

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Rickey Smiley, the 2017 Sickle Cell Gala host and syndicated comedian, delivers an emotional concluding speech about his family’s ties to the incurable disease and the importance of finding a cure. (Reginald Allen, special to The Times)