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
• There's no cure for most people with sickle cell anemia.
  — Andrea K. McDaniels, baltimoresun.com, 11 July 2018
• One of his fans, Jeffrey McKenzie, was born with sickle cell anemia.
  — Jamie Yuccas, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2020
• Doctors in the United States first noticed sickle cell anemia in the early 1900s.
  — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2018
• 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
• 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
• Later this year, the company will test its first drug on people with sickle cell anemia.
  — New York Times, 27 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
• 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
• Genetics can also be to blame, such as with the chronic illness sickle cell anemia.
  — Mathew Devine, SELF, 23 May 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
• 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
• Willie Wells, a 38-year-old entrepreneur, has sickle cell anemia.
  — Roy S. Johnson | [e-mail], al, 9 Mar. 2021
• Onyekachukwu Onochie, who goes by Onyeka, is a 28-year-old African American woman born with sickle cell anemia.
  — Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2021
• Hulsizer hypothesized that the sickle cell anemia trait might have something to do with it.
  — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 11 Aug. 2021
• There was the time a student with sickle cell anemia approached him in 2017 upset about news that the government was making cuts to the National Institutes of Health.
  — Perry Stein, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 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
• 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
• Working to solve sickle cell anemia Manny Johnson Jr. needed a change.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Sep. 2019
• The blood disorder sickle cell anemia carries a life expectancy of 40-60.
  — Ron Hart, Billboard, 24 Nov. 2017
• Blood is used in the treatment of diseases, particularly sickle cell anemia and some cancers.
  — Anna Nagurney, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2020
• Today, sickle cell anemia remains a heavy burden on public health.
  — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2018
• Trials are under way or expected to start soon in China, Europe and the U.S. in patients with cancer, sickle cell anemia and other diseases.
  — Amy Dockser Marcus, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2020
• It can be used to precisely edit DNA, and scientists are trying to engineer the tech to cure some of the most horrible diseases out there, like cancer and sickle cell anemia.
  — Alessandra Potenza, The Verge, 18 Apr. 2018
• 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
• Human trials are just beginning for Crispr therapies that would fight cancer and treat sickle cell anemia.
  — Wired.com Staff, WIRED, 22 May 2018
• Better Days was inspired by parties her mother Sandra Bush, a former fashion model, threw with friends to raise funds for sickle cell anemia research.
  — Carol Vogel, Town & Country, 3 Dec. 2019
• Anemia can also be caused by other health conditions like sickle cell anemia or kidney disease, Dr. LeRoy says.
  — Erica Sweeney, Good Housekeeping, 30 Sep. 2020
• Risk factors for strokes include high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes and sickle cell anemia.
  — Rebecca Maitland, Houston Chronicle, 19 July 2019
• 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

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024