According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) affects approximately 100,000 people in the United States and is one of the most common inherited blood disorders. On Tuesday’s special edition of “Closer Look,” Rose first talks with NPR health reporter Rob Stein about profiling patients who have undergone cutting-edge treatments.

We then hear from India Hardy, a woman from Athens living with SCD, Ife Oyeleye, an Atlanta-based mother of two children living with SCD, and Dr. Clark Brown, an SCD researcher and a pediatric hematologist and director of sickle cell clinical research at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. They SCD diagnosis, treatment and efforts to find a cure.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) affects approximately 100,000 people in the United States and is one of the most common inherited blood disorders. On Tuesday’s special edition of “Closer Look,” Rose first talks with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.npr.org/people/146944972/rob-stein" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NPR health reporter Rob Stein</a> about profiling patients who have undergone cutting-edge treatments.We then hear from India Hardy, a woman from Athens living with SCD, Ife Oyeleye, an Atlanta-based mother of two children living with SCD, and Dr. Clark Brown, an SCD researcher and a pediatric hematologist and director of sickle cell clinical research at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. They SCD diagnosis, treatment and efforts to find a cure.

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"Closer Look with Rose Scott" brings you the issues that impact where we live, how we interact, and how we can all thrive. It’s not just about Atlanta; it’s a program for Atlanta. Rose connects with community leaders, CEOs, policymakers, and people who don't often get a platform, and she brings you in on the conversation.