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Dr. Wanda Whitten-Shurney (CEO/Medical Director, Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc., Michigan Chapter) and Teonna Woolford (Co-founder & CEO, Sickle Cell Reproductive Education Directive) sat down with Functional Fluidics Founder & CEO, Patrick Hines. They had a great conversation about the treatment of sickle cell disease, and the work Functional Fluidics is doing to improve the lives of warriors living with sickle cell disease.

Functional Fluidics Presents Sickle Cell Disease Data from U.S. and Nigeria at ASH Conference in San Diego on December 7-10, 2024

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Functional Fluidics Presents Sickle Cell Disease Data from U.S. and Nigeria at ASH Conference in San Diego on December 7-10, 2024

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Functional Fluidics Officially Opens Nigeria Clinical Research Center & Specialty Laboratory

Detroit, Michigan and Awka, Nigeria – June 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Functional Fluidics, a Detroit-based global health technology company specializing in red blood...

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Functional Fluidics will present at two key scientific conferences in June

Functional Fluidics will present at two key scientific conferences in June to share crucial data aimed at advancing the development of better treatments for individuals with..

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Functional Fluidics Presents at the ASGCT 27th Annual Meeting

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Functional Fluidics Recognized alongside Michigan's Finest Companies

Exciting news! We’re a Michigan 50 Companies to Watch awardee! Since 2005, Michigan Celebrates Small Business has been recognizing businesses across all industries whose growth..

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Functional Fluidics is thrilled to join the esteemed lineup at the 2024 Global Business Development Summit.

Patrick Hines, MD/PhD, will take the stage to share insights on the panel titled "Leveraging Emergent Technology for Export Excellence," an exploration into the dynamic..

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Functional Fluidics Founder & CEO, Patrick Hines, to be honored at the Detroit Historical Society Hustle Gala

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Functional Fluidics Poster Presentation at the 65th ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition

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Functional Fluidics is a proud participant in the 65TH ASH annual meeting & exposition

Aliya U. Zaidi, Xiufeng..

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Patrick Hines, MD/PhD to present at the SBA Black Business Month Spotlight Event

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Functional Fluidics proudly announces its global expansion into Africa in the fourth quarter of 2023

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Functional Fluidics poster presentation

Functional Fluidics is excited to present at the ASGCT 26th annual meeting, the premier event for professionals in gene and cell therapy

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Detroit-Based Biotech Adopts Ripple to Build a Global Registry

Functional Fluidics, a venture backed biotech company in Detroit, is building a global registry of sickle cell patient biomarker data to work with the Pharma industry on..

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M•I•A MEDIA GROUP, LLC presents Black Health with special guest, Patrick Hines, MD/PhD

M•I•A MEDIA GROUP, LLC presents Black Health Hosted By Doctor Michelle Kirwan Friday, February 17th @ 2:00 PM. This week’s topic is Sickle Cell With Patrick Charles Hines,..

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Walmart Celebrates Black Health Heroes

We're so excited that Walmart considered Functional Fluidics as a #BlackHealthHeroes to highlight during #BlackHistoryMonth. In this video, you’ll see other changemakers and..

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Functional Fluidics presented at the 64th ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition

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Functional Fluidics presenting at the 2022 Impact Africa Summit

Functional Fluidics is honored to participate in the largest Pharmaceutical R&D and Clinical Trials Summit in Africa #IASPharma2022
"IASPharma2022 is taking BOLD strides in..

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Functional Fluidics featured at the ASCAT-EHA-BSH Sickle Cell Disease Conference 2022

The Annual Scientific Conference on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia (ASCAT) focuses on promoting the latest advances in diagnosis, treatment, and emerging fields in..

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Functional Fluidics Shares Advances in Red Blood Cell Biomarkers at Foundation for Sickle Cell Disease Research’s 16th Annual Symposium

Detroit MI, May 31, 2022
In medical news, Functional Fluidics today announces that abstracts related to their red blood cell biomarker used in sickle cell disease management..

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Functional Fluidics CEO & Founder, Patrick Hines, to be featured in the Michigan Celebrates Angels event

Join the Michigan Angel Community for several presentations celebrating the success of angel investors in Michigan startups and early stage technology based companies, including..

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Sickle Cell Speaks: Mechanism of Sickle Cell Disease

"Learn what sickle cell disease is and how it affects the body of someone living with it":

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Red blood cell biomarkers may predict sickle cell disease (SCD) severity and the risk of vaso-occlusive crisis, according to a study that evaluated the FA-WB-VCAM blood test.

Red blood cell biomarkers may predict sickle cell disease (SCD) severity and the risk of vaso-occlusive crisis, according to a study that evaluated the FA-WB-VCAM blood test.“Our..

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Functional Fluidics Founder & CEO, Patrick Hines, will be a guest speaker at the Duke Hematology Case Conference

Dr. Hines is internationally recognized for his efforts to develop and validate a gold standard for the Assessment of red blood cell health in clinical practice, work that grew..

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Functional Fluidics’ Red Blood Cell Biomarkers May Prove to be Effective Surrogate Endpoints for Sickle Cell Disease Severity

Functional Fluidics’ Red Blood Cell Biomarkers May Prove to be Effective Surrogate Endpoints for Sickle Cell Disease Severity
The results from this study are published in the..

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Healthy Conversations: The new clinical conventions surrounding sickle cell disease

“Dr. Daniel Kraft sat down with Dr. Patrick Hines, founder and CEO at Functional Fluidics, one of the nation’s leading sickle cell disease researchers at Wayne State University..

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Functional Fluidics founder & CEO, Patrick Hines, will be presenting at the NHLBI Next Generation Microfluidics workshop taking place November 4-5, 2021

Session Overview: What are the barriers to translation of microfluidic assays as diagnostic/biomarker assays, companion diagnostics and/or clinical end points? How can we adapt..

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Functional Fluidics is a Proud Sponsor of the 2021 Sickle Cell Matters Virtual Walk

Functional Fluidics is a proud sponsor of the 2021 Sickle Cell Matters virtual walk. Register today and "move as you choose!" ..

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Functional Fluidics CEO & Founder, Patrick Hines, featured on Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast

#38 - You Bet Your Assay: A New Lab Test for Sickle Cell Disease Functional Fluidics CEO & Founder, Patrick Hines, sits down with Michael Callaghan, and Ahmar Urooj Zaidi, MD..

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Research Study Shows ‘Functional Fluidics’ Biomarkers Can Help Predict Sickle Cell Disease Pain Crises and Monitor Drug Therapy Progress

DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 16, 2021– Functional Fluidics recently participated in a pivotal study that indicates their biomarkers of red blood cell health can help define and predict..

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Impact of sickle cell disease on patientsʼ daily lives, symptoms reported, and disease management strategies Results from the international Sickle Cell World Assessment Survey (SWAY)

Functional Fluidics' featured Sickle Cell Disease articles & news stories:

The international Sickle Cell World Assessment Survey (SWAY) aimed to provide insights into..

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Tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity and myocardial tissue Doppler parameters predict mortality in a cohort of patients with sickle cell disease

Functional Fluidics' featured Sickle Cell Disease articles & news stories:

“Tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity and myocardial tissue Doppler parameters predict mortality in a..

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Functional Fluidics CEO & Founder, Patrick Hines, will be the Scientific Keynote Speaker...

Functional Fluidics CEO & Founder, Patrick Hines, will be the Scientific Keynote Speaker at the 15th Annual Sickle Cell Disease Research & Educational Symposium & 44th National..

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Functional Fluidics CEO & Founder, Patrick Hines, is presenting at the 2021 Children’s National Sickle Cell Research Seminar Series

Patrick Hines, Founder & CEO of Functional Fluidics, will be presenting at the 2021 Children’s National Sickle Cell Research Seminar Series about the exciting work the team at..

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Rethinking Sickle Cell Disease Patient Care Webinar Series. Leveraging Red Blood Cell Health Biomarkers to Maintain Health in Individuals with Sickle Cell Disease.

Join an expert panel of clinicians and scientists as they discuss insights from the Evaluation of Longitudinal Pain Study in Sickle Cell Disease (ELIPSIS), a pivotal study..

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GBT Expands Sickle Cell Disease Pipeline with Exclusive In-license of Two Novel Small Molecule Programs from Sanofi S.A.

“Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. (GBT) (NASDAQ: GBT) today announced it has entered into an agreement with Sanofi S.A. to exclusively in-license worldwide rights to two..

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Functional Fluidics' featured Sickle Cell Disease articles & news stories

Oxbryta would be the first treatment targeting the root cause of SCD, hemolytic anemia, to be approved in the EU.

Global Blood Therapeutics , Inc. (GBT) (NASDAQ: GBT) today..

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Functional Fluidics' featured Sickle Cell Disease articles & news stories

The two COVID-19 vaccines that recently received emergency approval from the U.S. and other worldwide regulatory agencies are expected to pose little risk to the rare disease..

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Functional Fluidics' featured Sickle Cell Disease articles & news stories

A study in the journal, Blood, explains how the peptide Ac2-26 flips a biological switch in immune cells in people with Sickle Cell Disease.

Scientists have found a way to lower..

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Functional Fluidics' featured Sickle Cell Disease articles & news stories

Sickle cell disease has a devastating impact on the lives of patients and their families, including serious and life-threatening complications that can lead to organ damage and..

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Functional Fluidics' featured Sickle Cell Disease articles & news stories

Patients with sickle cell disease who are undernourished report higher disease severity and lower health-related quality of life scores.

A team, led by Sanaa Kamal, Prince..

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COVID Doctor, Medical Diagnostics CEO & Red Blood Cell Scientist

“In this episode, go behind the mask with Patrick Hines, a pediatric critical care doctor and the Founder & CEO of Functional Fluidics, a blood..

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COVID-19 Comprehensive Workplace Testing Solution Launched by Functional Fluidics

A new COVID19 comprehensive workplace testing solution has been launched by Michigan based Functional Fluidics, Inc. The company, which provides specialist red blood cell..

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Functional Fluidics CEO & Founder, Patrick Hines, featured on Cheat Codes: A Sickle Cell Podcast

Join Patrick Hines, Dr. Ahmar Zaidi, and Dr. Michael Callaghan as they talk about the city of Detroit’s history, traditions, economic boom and..

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Functional Fluidics participated in a groundbreaking study involving sickle cell patients

Functional Fluidics participated in a groundbreaking study involving sickle cell patients

Hemolytic Biomarkers Predict Adhesiveness of Sickle Blood Cells in a Clinical Adhesion..

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Patrick Hines Presenting at the Weekly Blood Center Seminar with Penn Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Functional Fluidics CEO & Founder, Patrick Hines, presenting "“The Science and Clinical Applications of Red Blood Cell Health in Sickle Cell Disease, COVID-19 and Beyond” as part..

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To all my Sickle Cell Warriors out there...Stay Safe & Stay Strong” - Patrick Hines, CEO & Founder of Functional Fluidics

Every hero has their own heroes.

So, as part of the 2020 Health Care Leadership Summit, we asked this year's class of Health Care Heroes award winners to share something about..

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