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23-year-old becomes first in state functionally cured of sickle cell disease
Daniel Cressy, a 23-year-old from Louisiana, is the first in the state to be functionally cured of sickle cell disease via gene therapy at Manning Family Children’s Hospital. The procedure used his own edited stem cells, and he aims to launch a nonprofit to support others undergoing similar treatment.
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