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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have developed an integrated, high-throughput system to better understand and possibly manipulate gene expression to treat disorders such as sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia. The research appears today in the journal Nature Genetics.
Researchers in Memphis, TN, have learned why certain mice die when testing new gene-based therapies for sickle cell disease
Sickle cell disease is an illness scientists are hopeful a gene editing therapy could help treat in the future, but testing it in mice isn't always easy.
Sickle cell disease is an extremely debilitating condition that affects up to 40% of the population in African countries, with patients suffering episodes of excruciating pain, organ damage and reduced life-expectancy.
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