The world's first gene therapy for sickle cell and thalassemia has been approved

17-11-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 43

Britain's medicines regulator has authorized the world's first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that could offer relief to thousands of people with the crippling disease in the U.K.

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