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Patients typically require blood transfusions every few weeks.The future of life-changing cures resides in CRISPR based (gene-editing) technology.SKY88

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals said it had not yet established a price for the treatment in Britain and was working with health authorities to secure reimbursement and access for eligible patients as quickly as possible.It occurs more often among people from places where malaria is or was common.

which can block blood flow and cause excruciating pain.

but a report by the nonprofit Institute for Clinical and Economic Review said prices up to around $2 million would be cost-effective.which can block blood flow and cause excruciating pain.

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and is also more common in certain ethnic groups.Both sickle cell disease and thalassemia are caused by mistakes in the genes that carry hemoglobin.