Patient Begins Newly Approved Sickle Cell Gene Therapy
“On Wednesday, Kendric Cromer, a 12-year-old boy from a suburb of
Washington, became the first person in the world with sickle cell disease
to begin a commercially approved gene therapy that may cure the condition.
For the estimated 20,000 people with sickle cell in the United States who
qualify for the treatment, the start of […]
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#^Patient Begins Newly Approved Sickle Cell Gene Therapy“On Wednesday, Kendric Cromer, a 12-year-old boy from a suburb of Washington, became the first person in the world with sickle cell disease to begin a commercially approved gene therapy that may cure the condition.
For the estimated 20,000 people with sickle cell in the United States who qualify for the treatment, the start of Kendric’s monthslong medical journey may offer hope. But it also signals the difficulties patients face as they seek a pair of new sickle cell treatments.
For a lucky few, like Kendric, the treatment could make possible lives they have longed for.”
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