One boy’s cure raises hopes and questions about gene therapy for sickle cell disease
March 01, 2017
A closely watched study using gene therapy to treat sickle cell disease cured one patient, a boy in France, researchers reported in the New England Journal of Medicine,
offering a glimmer of hope for a
long-neglected disease but one that comes with several caveats, Stat and other
outlets report in stories that feature comments from Dana-Farber/Boston
Children’s researchers.
Read the Stat story. See
also coverage from New
Scientist, Health Day, the Associated
Press and The
Guardian.