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A bone marrow transplant at Nationwide Children’s Hospital enabled Kimmy, a patient with sickle cell anemia, to live a healthy life. Her body is now capable of producing its own red blood cells.

Part One:
Meet Kimmy
Symptoms of Sickle Cell Anemia
What is Sickle Cell anemia

Part Two:
Kimmy’s bone marrow transplant
A breakthrough in Sickle Cell research

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Learn more: http://bit.ly/bnYYM6 – Expert Dr. George Buchanan gives an overview of sickle cell disease and the latest advances in treatment of the disease. Learn more: http://bit.ly/bnYYM6

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Internal Medicine Report: A new prospective study of pain in adults with sickle cell disease finds that daily pain is far more prevalent and severe than previous large studies have indicated. Authors of the study gave diaries to 232 sickle cell disease patients to record daily pain and indicate whether they used hospital emergency or unscheduled ambulatory care for their pain. Previous estimates about sickle cell pain assumed that if patients didn’t go to the hospital or seek medical care for pain, they didn’t have pain. Previous sickle cell treatments also were based on the number of visits to hospitals to relieve pain.

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Dr. Shalini Shenoy, director of the bone marrow transplant program at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, is leading successful research into curing sickle cell anemia with bone marrow transplantation. Reduced intensity pre-transplant conditioning has made it possible to transplant patients from unmatched bone marrow donors, widening the net of potential donors and giving more young patients a chance to receive a bone marrow transplant, and a cure for their sickle cell.

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