He is unfit to serve and should resign today.

I apologize for the pain Ive causedThe future of life-changing cures resides in CRISPR based (gene-editing) technology.

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

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.Middle Eastern and Indian descent.

before considering another sickle cell gene therapy.

have been the only long-lasting treatment.says veterinarian Aracelli Hammann.

Firefighters tackle forest fires in the Pantanal wetland near Porto Jofre.The Pantanal is a region thats used to fires.

Theyre part of an invisible food chain.The other main front that firefighters are battling is in the Pantanal National Park to the southwest.