What's Going Around | Top DC doctor reacts to new sickle cell treatment

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — In a major breakthrough, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the first two gene therapies for sickle cell disease. Doctors hope they can cure the painful, inherited blood disorder that afflicts mostly Black people in the U.S. The FDA said the one-time treatments can be used for patients 12 […]

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