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Leading Vertex researcher tackles sickle cell
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Leading Vertex researcher tackles sickle cell
When Elenoe “Crew” Smith first learned about sickle cell disease, it was part of a seventh-grade genetics lesson on passing traits — alongside the height and color of Mendel’s pea plants — from one generation to the next.
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FDA approves two gene therapy treatments for sickle cell disease
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FDA approves two gene therapy treatments for sickle cell disease
The treatments, both produced by Boston-area companies, join 32 other approved gene therapies and are approved to treat the disease in the United States.
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