Brain waste clearance may relieve sickle cell disease pain
A year ago, Casey Grey didn't know much about sickle cell disease. An adjunct professor and postdoctoral researcher in Virginia Commonwealth University's College of Engineering, Grey studies the brain's glymphatic system, a cerebrospinal fluid-driven network that clears metabolic waste and inflammatory molecules from the brain during sleep.
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