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Hydroxycarbamide becomes the first approved preventive treatment for sickle cell disease.
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Hydroxycarbamide
Medication
Hydroxycarbamide, also known as hydroxyurea, is an antimetabolite medication used in sickle-cell disease, essential thrombocythemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, polycythemia vera, and cervical cancer. In sickle-cell disease it increases fetal hemoglobin and decreases the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Sickle cell disease
Medical condition
Sickle cell disease (SCD), also simply called sickle cell, is a group of inherited haemoglobin-related blood disorders. The most common type is known as sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell anemia results in an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying protein haemoglobin found in red blood…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)