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Welcome to the Center for Sickle Cell Disease
 Howard University's Center for Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) was founded by the late Dr. Roland B. Scott in 1971 to address the needs of patients and families in the Washington Metropolitan area affected by SCD. The Center is committed to a six-fold goal that includes comprehensive medical care, research, testing, education, counseling, and community outreach. Recently, the Center has expanded its clinical research program and developed a collaborative consortium with Children’s National Medical Center (CNMC) and in working together with Howard University Hospital and NIH we are the Washington area’s leading provider of patient services for SCD.
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The 2011 SOS Walk Was a Huge Success!
Click The Picture Below to See Pictures From The Walk
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Learn About the History of Sickle Cell Disease
A Brief History of Sickle Cell Disease by William P. Winter, Ph.D.
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Sickle Cell and Anemia News (Archive)
- Sickle Cell Disease In Adults Reversed By Blood Stem-Cell Transplant Regimen. A modified blood adult stem-cell transplant regimen has effectively reversed sickle cell disease in 9 of 10 adults who had been severely affected by the disease, according to results of a National Institutes of Health study in the Dec. 10 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The trial was conducted at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md., by NIH researchers at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. News from NIH News (posted December 9, 2009).
    
Last updated:
February 17, 2012
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