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Sickle cell treatment? CRISPR gene editing shows promise
A gene editing technology called CRISPR/Cas9 repaired 20 to 40 percent of stem and progenitor cells obtained from sickle cell ...
Beneficial ‘natural’ gene mutation could be effective in treating sickle cell
Sickle cell disease (SCD) patients have a genetic defect that leads them to produce hemoglobin S, or sickle hemoglobin, instead of ...
