Detective Shaun McCarthy has worked on a lot of cases in his more than 40 years with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. “I was 10 years as a street gang detective, and now I’m in my 23rd ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an autosomal recessive blood disorder characterized by the presence of abnormal adult hemoglobin in red blood cells (RBCs). These erythrocytes become dehydrated, rigid and ...