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Just months after the Food and Drug Administration approved two groundbreaking gene therapies to combat sickle cell disease, an inherited red blood cell disorder that mostly impacts Black people, Children's
Just months after the Food and Drug Administration approved two groundbreaking gene therapies to combat sickle cell disease, an inherited red blood cell disorder that mostly impacts Black people, Children's
New gene therapies promise a cure for sickle cell disease but experts say they are out of reach in places that need them the most. Vast inequities cut much of the world off from gene therapy in general, a whole new class of treatments that aims to eradicate inherited diseases by changing DNA. Such therapies are among the most expensive in the world. They can also be extremely complex to give patients, requiring specialized equipment and long hospital stays. Many parts of the developing world simply don’t have the resources. The sickle cell treatments were recently approved in Britain, Ba...
The disease begins its assault on the body at birth, affecting haemoglobin
New gene therapies promise a cure for sickle cell disease but experts say they are out of reach in places that need them the most. Vast inequities cut much of