These Patients Had Sickle-Cell Disease. Experimental Therapies May Have Cured Them.

Success against sickle-cell would mark “ the first genetic cure of a common genetic disease ” and could free tens of thousands of Americans from agonizing pain.
Source: NYT Health - Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tags: Genetics and Heredity Hemoglobin Crispr (DNA) Blood Pain Sickle Cell Anemia National Institutes of Health Harvard University bluebird bio Inc. Africa Source Type: news