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The FDA is reviewing a drug that could cure sickle cell anemia. Right now bone marrow or stem cell transplants are the only FDA-approved cures.

The FDA panel is currently deliberating the potential of gene therapy as a groundbreaking cure for individuals suffering from the most severe cases of sickle cell disease.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals has hailed its treatment as "transformative" for patients with sickle cell disease. The FDA will decide on approval soon.

(CNN) — At age 45, Dr. Lakiea Bailey said, for the longest time, that she was the oldest person with sickle cell anemia that she knew. The executive<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/fda-considers-first-crispr-gene-editing-treatment-that-may-cure-sickle-cell/">Read More</a>

(CNN) — At age 45, Dr. Lakiea Bailey said, she was the oldest person with sickle cell anemia that she knew.

(CNN) — At age 45, Dr. Lakiea Bailey said, she was the oldest person with sickle cell anemia that she knew.

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Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration meeting Tuesday paved the way for the first treatment of human disease using the gene-editing technique CRISPR. The agency has a December deadline.

FDA advisors suggest the benefits of gene therapy outweigh risks of off-target editing

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