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Gene Editing Frees Coventry Teen From Blood Transfusions
A Coventry teenager with thalassaemia says gene editing has transformed her life after she stopped needing monthly blood transfusions. Doctors collected her stem cells, edited them to produce more foetal haemoglobin, then returned them after chemotherapy. Consultant haematologist Dr Sarah Lawson called it a functional cure. The treatment is offered to young people at three children's hospitals; another patient with sickle cell disease has begun the same pathway.
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