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Written By Juanna Maisie John An Overview: Sickle cell anemia, known as sickle cell disease (SCD), is a genetic condition affecting the...

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You may have had your cholesterol levels checked, but did you know that you can also check your genetic risk for developing heart...

This article is about therapeutic drug monitoring and the techniques by which it can be done.

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Every day, around 41,000 blood transfusions are required in just the United States. To put that in context, every two seconds, an...

Learn more about blood transfusion process and how they work!

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