Patient with sickle-cell disease (sickle-cell anemia) receiving a blood transfusion as treatment. The inherited blood disorder is characterized by rigid,sickle-shaped red blood cells caused by a mutation in the hemoglobin gene. The disorder shortens life expectancy and is prevalent among people from regions where malaria is common,such as Sub-Saharan Africa | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Grant, Spencer |
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