Malaria and Sickle Cell Anemia — HHMI BioInteractive Video

   The scientist featured in this video learned that they could detect sickled cells by removing the oxygen from the blood. When they removed the oxygen from the blood it helped reveal the abnormal blood cells. Doctors are actually saying SCD is not really rare anymore. More and more cases of SCD are becoming common. This blood disease does not affect everyone the same. The the brother and sister featured in the video; the sister only experienced joint pain as well a bone pain. But the brother had experience abdominal pain. In fact his blood vessel had tighten so much that it caused damage to his spleen resulting in the removal of it. Scientist are trying their best to further research SCD. A REAL cure besides an  umbilical cord is still be looked to. SCD is mostly researched in Africa.This takes place in the Coast of Africa, Lake Victoria, and NAIROBI. Scientist are trying to figure out if Sickle Cell Anemia and Malaria are connected. They discovered places in Africa with high density along with water had a high population of mosquitos which carry Malaria also had a high population of SCD cases.