Man becomes first ever patient cured of sickle cell anemia in Louisiana

The first person to ever be cured of sickle cell anemia in Louisiana received revolutionary gene therapy. The treatment is ...
CNN

FDA approves two gene therapies for sickle cell, bringing hope to thousands with the disease

The US Food and Drug Administration approved two gene-based treatments for sickle cell disease Friday, including the first therapy that uses the gene-editing technique CRISPR, opening a new era of ...
Scientific American

How scientists made the discoveries behind a game-changing gene therapy for sickle cell disease

Sickle cell disease is the scourge of a person’s red blood cells. The inherited blood disorder, which disproportionately affects people in sub-Saharan Africa and India, can cause unbearable pain ...