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Scientists correct sickle cell disease in mice

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. scientists have found a way to get mice with a form of sickle cell disease to make normal red blood cells, offering a potential new way to treat the blood disorder in people, they reported on Thursday.Adults with ...

James Bryan Herrick

March 7, 1954, Chicago), American physician and clinical cardiologist who was the first to observe and describe sickle-cell anemia.. Herrick received his M.D. from Rush Medical College in 1888. He was also on the staff of Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago from 1895 ...