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Sickle Cell and All the Diseases We Choose to Ignore

Sickle Cell and All the Diseases We Choose to Ignore

Released Tuesday, 6th February 2024
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Sickle Cell and All the Diseases We Choose to Ignore

Sickle Cell and All the Diseases We Choose to Ignore

Sickle Cell and All the Diseases We Choose to Ignore

Sickle Cell and All the Diseases We Choose to Ignore

Tuesday, 6th February 2024
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Sickle Cell Disease is a debilitating genetic disease that almost exclusively affects Black folks. While genetic breakthroughs have made a cure possible, the high price tag may keep them away from people who need them. Abdul reflects on the way that society shapes the scientific questions we ask — and whose diseases we take seriously. Then he interviews Dr. Titilope Fasipe, a pediatric hematologist who treats sickle cell disease — and has lived with the disease her whole life. 

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