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Sickle Cell Anemia -- Hope from Gene Therapy

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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. By treating the bone marrow of mice with anti-sickling gene therapy, scientists saw great improvement in normal red blood production.

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Sickle Cell Anemia -- Hope from Gene Therapy

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  • I HAVE SCA AND I ...

    I HAVE SCA AND I WOULD NEVER GET IT Theres like a chance you can die and you have to take meds every day and find a donor too much work not worth it to me

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    i have a friend who got this and now they have leukemia so researh b4 thinking about gettn it

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