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the first medicine licensed using the gene editing tool CRISPR.Expert joins CBS New York to discuss new sickle cell treatment Expert joins CBS New York to discuss new sickle cell treatment 02:46 Britains medicines regulator has authorized the worlds first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease.

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.Watch that story in the video below: Could gene therapy cure sickle cell anemia? 13:35.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.

Casgevy made by the Boston-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals(Europe) Ltd.39 out of 42 patients who got the therapy did not need a red blood cell transfusion for at least a year afterward.

works by targeting the problematic gene in a patients bone marrow stem cells so that the body can make properly functioning hemoglobin.

Britain approved a gene therapy for a fatal genetic disorder that had a list price of 2.dollars) and up to six months in jail.

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