National Sickle Cell Month
The Sickle Cell Cure Foundation, Inc. (SCCF) has made significant progress in recent months, including a U.S. patent issued 14 April 2009, and further laboratory discoveries showing that less DREPAC is needed than previously believed to reverse sickle cell! To keep this progress going, we need your help! It is our goal to have clinical [...]
Alicia and Dominick Bibbs
Alicia Bibbs, an SCCF founder & research student, is pictured with her brother Dominick who suffers from sickle cell disease and recently recovered from surgery to have his spleen and gall bladder removed.
J.R. Perry III and his son Jameel
Jameel was born in 1999, and within 2 hours of his birth his father J.R. knew that his son would suffer from sickle cell disease. J.R. has devoted the rest of his life to raising awareness of SCD and the need for a cure. A musician, song-writer, promoter, and talk show host, J.R. Perry has [...]
Living with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)
For thousands of Americans, living with sickle cell disease means a lifetime of painful episodes, blood transfusions and frequent trips to the hospital. These treatments can often cause complications that are just as bad or worse than the effects of the disease itself. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited genetic disorder that affects red [...]
