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FDA Approves World’s First Crispr Gene-Editing Drug for Sickle-Cell Disease | Landmark decision heralds a new type of medicine that can tackle genetic conditions that are hard to treat (www.wsj.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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The key thing about this kind of therapy is that it's not a drug you keep on taking - it's a one-time thing which permanently cures the disease.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 11 months ago

Never thought I read a headline like that in my lifetime

Can't wait to see the Wikipedia article go from "Sickle Cell Disease is... to "Sickle Cell Disease was... "