western and central Cuba and the northern Bahamas.

Patients must be hospitalized at least twice once for the collection of the stem cells and then to receive the altered cells.works by targeting the problematic gene in a patients bone marrow stem cells so that the body can make properly functioning hemoglobin.

have been the only long-lasting treatment.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.Britain approved a gene therapy for a fatal genetic disorder that had a list price of 2.

Both sickle cell disease and thalassemia are caused by mistakes in the genes that carry hemoglobin.Patients first receive a course of chemotherapy.

Thalassemia predominantly affects people of South Asian.

Medicines and treatments in Britain must be recommended by a government watchdog before they are made freely available to patients in the national health care system.Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen.

Sahraoui also goes by Adnan Abu Walid al Sahrawi or al Sahraoui.at least when they first planned it.

may share intelligence with those governments when it comes to targeting fighters.military official said Tuesday night that the team of U.