February 15, 2024

UTHealth Houston opens recruitment in RISE-UP clinical drug trial for people with sickle cell anemia

A medication that appeared to stabilize the function and shape of red blood cells in an earlier study for patients with sickle cell disease is now part of a Phase III clinical trial that is open for enrollment at UTHealth…


August 30, 2022

Mother of two with sickle cell disease feels reenergized while participating in trial at UT Physicians Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center

Kisha McClintock always knew she had a genetic predisposition for sickle cell disease, but it wasn’t until a cold night in December 2013 that the then 33-year-old woke from her sleep with severe pain in her left knee, sending McClintock…