FDA Approves Cure for Sickle Cell Disease‚ the First Treatment to Use Gene-Editing Tool CRISPR
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FDA Approves Cure for Sickle Cell Disease‚ the First Treatment to Use Gene-Editing Tool CRISPR

The first FDA-approved treatment using CRISPR may see hundreds of African Americans cured of sickle cell disease. Making headlines without end for years‚ but only approved for trials‚ a CRISPR product is now finally on the shelves‚ so to speak‚ and this iteration of the treatment is called Casgevy and manufactured by Vertex Pharmaceuticals. CRISPR […] The post FDA Approves Cure for Sickle Cell Disease‚ the First Treatment to Use Gene-Editing Tool CRISPR appeared first on Good News Network.