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Who suffer from sickle cell disease will soon have access to a life changing drug treatment the first new therapy to treat the disease in 20 years. sickle cell is a condition which reduces the amount of oxygen transported by red blood cells, causing severe pain and organ failure. our community affairs correspondent adina campbell has this report. sickle cell disease dominates every aspect of sarahjane s life, from not being able to work, limits on who she dates, and long stints in hospital. just the simple things i can t do sometimes, like washing myself or, you know, brushing my teeth. i need help to do that. and i m 27 years old, but sometimes i feel like i am living in a 100 year old body. but she and thousands of other sickle cell patients could soon benefit from new treatment. a drug called crizanlizumab will now be available to hundreds of people on the nhs in england over the next three years. guy s & st thomas s hospital in london will be one of the first to offer it. ....

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