Sickle Cell Anemia — Hope from Gene Therapy

Posted: May 19, 2011 at 7:17 pm



This inherited red blood cell disorder is the most common genetic disease in America, and one of the most painful and debilitating. Until now, bone marrow and cord blood transplants have been the only treatment available to patients, and matched donors are hard to find. But an experiment at Genetix in Cambridge, Massachusetts is raising hopes.

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Sickle Cell Anemia -- Hope from Gene Therapy

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