Including cost of living adjustments.

Southeast Asian and Middle Eastern heritage.Casgevy is currently being reviewed by the U.

before considering another sickle cell gene therapy.Middle Eastern and Indian descent.Casgevy made by the Boston-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals(Europe) Ltd.

In people with sickle cell which is particularly common in people with African or Caribbean heritage a genetic mutation causes the cells to become crescent-shaped.Gene therapy treatments can cost millions of dollars and experts have previously raised concerns that they could remain out of reach for the people who would benefit most.

before doctors take stem cells from the patients bone marrow and use genetic editing techniques in a laboratory to fix the gene.

The cells are then infused back into the patient for a permanent treatment.It also noted that more women and children were among the dead this year.

662 people killed between January and June of this year can never fully convey the sheer human suffering of the people of Afghanistan.was the deadliest attack since the U.

The fighting in the Naway district was fierce.The army is being very careful during operations to prevent civilian deaths.