The first podcast of 2017 for The Hematologist: ASH News and Reports features Dr. Jason Gotlib (Stanford University School of Medicine) and Dr. Alexis Thompson (Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital) having a conversation about the highlights of 2016 in sickle cell disease (SCD). They cover studies in SCD and ASH Sickle Cell Disease initiatives in order to demonstrate why it is such an exciting time for the study of this disease. You can read the Year's Best article authored by Dr. Michael DeBaun by visiting www.hematology.org/Thehematologist/Years-Best/6994.aspx. For more information about ASH SCD Initiatives, visit www.hematology.org/Advocacy/4329.aspx.

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