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Sickle Cell Research Research Topics • • • • • Hydroxyurea Bone Marrow Transplant STOP Study Gene Therapy Adhesion Blockers Hydroxyurea Hydroxyurea or Hydrea has been found to do the following in adult sickle cell patients: 1. Reduce pain events by one half, 2. Reduce hospital admissions by one half, 3. Reduced the need for transfused blood, 4. Raised the patient's hemoglobin on average by one gram. Bone Marrow Transplant Bone Marrow Transplantation is for those patients with enough complications from sickle cell disease to take the risk of this procedure, that replaces the patient's bone marrow with a near perfect donor marrow, usually from a brother or sister.This procedure involves destroying the patient's bone marrow with medications and transfusing the donated marrow as new "seed" . The patient will start making red cells that the donor makes and not red cells with the sickle hemoglobin. STOP Study The Stroke prevention study uses cranial doppler to record the sound of blood flow in the blood vessels supplying blood to the brain. Any blockage will increase the noise of the blood flow and this may be an early sign that a stroke could occur. Special studies like MRI can be done to look at the blood flow in the brain. Strokes may be prevented by a chronic blood transfusion program Gene Therapy Research is now underway to fix the basic genetic defect, putting back the correct amino acid in the hemoglobin before or shortly after birth. This would result in a cure of the root of the problem. The method to do this safely is still undergoing work in many research labs around the world Adhesion Blockers Medications that keep red cells from sticking will prevent pain and damage