Sickle cell disease
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Living with Sickle Cell Disease
Meet Damali and Amiel Reid, two siblings who are living with sickle cell anemia, and learn about their struggles with the disease and their hopes for a cure.
Damali, 33, has started a support group for other people living with the disease, and Amiel, 16, has spent a summer learning about sickle cell by working in the lab of Dr. George Daley, Director of Stem Cell Transplantation at Boston Children's Hospital.
Give patients like Damali and Amiel hope by supporting stem cell research at Boston Children's Hospital. Please visit the stem cell website http://stemcell101.org for more information about how you can help.
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