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Follow on Google News | Continuing to Honor National Sickle Cell Awareness MonthNational Sickle Cell Awareness Month may have been in September, but LCH recognizes that more time is necessary to focus attention on the need for more research and treatment for the sickle cell disease.
By: Carolinas Healthcare System Levine Children's team of pediatric oncologists and hematologists, blood and marrow transplant doctors, specially trained nurses, child life specialists, social workers, research coordinators and support staff work together to heal sickle cell patients – and offer the most advanced treatment in the region. In 2017, the team worked with families from New York, Louisiana and across the Carolinas. Click here for more information along with patient stories, pictures, videos, etc.: https://chsrelease.wixsite.com/ Key Updates from 2017: Bone Marrow Transplant Advances: There is no known cure for sickle cell, except for a bone marrow transplant. The team at Levine Children's Hospital has performed more than 10 transplants in the last two years for sickle cell. New physicians have been brought in specifically to grow and develop the BMT program, including Michael Kent, MD, from Yale. Research: The team is currently researching how to reduce the amount of iron that accumulates in patients' bodies from all the transfusions they need as part of their treatment. When there is a high amount of iron, it can get into the liver and heart, and be very detrimental to a child. Researchers are now exploring ways to flush the system with new drugs to remove that iron buildup. Gene Therapy: Doctors are working on correcting the genetic abnormality that leads to sickle cell so children will no longer have the disease. Gene therapy may replace the faulty genes with normal ones. Early results from the research appear to be very promising. End
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