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FDA approves cure for sickle cell disease, the first treatment to use CRISPR (www.nbcnews.com)
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[–] fuzzywombat@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago

Here is an NPR article on this.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/12/08/1217123089/fda-approves-first-gene-editing-treatments-for-human-illness

This seems like a really big deal. The obvious downside is the cost but hopefully that will come down over time.