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the genetic mutation can cause severe anemia.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.m8m

and CRISPR Therapeutics was approved by the agency for the treatment for patients with sickle cell disease and thalassemia who are 12 years old and over.Casgevy is currently being reviewed by the U.Both sickle cell dism8mease and thalassemia are caused by mistakes in the genes that carry hemoglobin.

Thalassemia predominantly affects people of South Asian.but a report by the nonprofit Institute for Clinical and Economic Review said prices up to around $2 million would be cost-effective.

the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency said it approved Casgevy.

which won its makers a Nobel Prize in 2020.Patients first receive a course of chemotherapy.

in a move that could offer relief to thousands of people with the crippling disease in the U.39 out of 42 patients who got the therapy did not need a red blood cell transfusion for at least a year afterwards.

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.and injections and medicines for their entire life.