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Sickle Cell

Sickle cell 'causes daily pain'

Daily pain from sickle cell disease may be far more common - and severe - than previously thought, research suggests.
Ref. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7183635.stm

Cell Sickle

Progress in pursuit of sickle cell cure. Bioengineers use gene editing to correct the mutation responsible for sickle cell disease in up to 40 percent of patients' cells used for lab testing. Source 5g.

Sickle Cell Health & Special Psychology

FDA approves gene therapy for sickle cell disease
Jennelle Stephenson received gene therapy to treat her sickle cell disease. The FDA approves the first of two gene therapies this month to treat sickle cell disease. Though expensive and difficult, it promises a better life. Source 7p.