/tags/sickle-cell-anemia sickle cell anemia en-US Copyright Tue, 25 Jun 2019 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2019-06-25/cincinnati-childrens-helping-to-eliminate-sickle-cell-symptoms Increasingly, sickle cell anemia patients in the U.S. are moving away from blood transfusions and instead using a medicine called Hydroxyurea to control… Tue, 25 Jun 2019 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2019-06-25/cincinnati-childrens-helping-to-eliminate-sickle-cell-symptoms Ann Thompson /health/2018-03-26/inside-the-lifesaving-search-for-sickle-cell-blood-matches Sickle cell patients face a lifetime of getting blood transfusions because there's no cure for the disease. It's a fact of life for brother and sister… Mon, 26 Mar 2018 10:00:00 GMT /health/2018-03-26/inside-the-lifesaving-search-for-sickle-cell-blood-matches Ann Thompson /local-news/2015-05-11/high-tech-shark-tank As part of the University of Cincinnati's Research Week, a friendly little "Shark Tank" competition brought out the brilliant and innovative scientists… Mon, 11 May 2015 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2015-05-11/high-tech-shark-tank Ann Thompson /local-news/2015-01-27/major-advancement-for-sickle-cell-patients In what's being called a "major advancement," Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and other researchers around the country say young sickle cell… Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:54:34 GMT /local-news/2015-01-27/major-advancement-for-sickle-cell-patients Ann Thompson