What is #ScienceofSCD?
Sickle-Cell Disease, or Sickle-Cell Anaemia or Drepanocytosis, is a hereditary blood disorder, characterized by red blood cells that assume an abnormal, rigid, sickle shape. Sickling decreases the cells' flexibility and results in a risk of various life-threatening complications.
#ScienceofSCD is a disease hashtag submitted by @nih_nhlbi
