Man Functionally Cured From Dreaded Disease of Sickle Cell

Louisiana Notches a Sickle Cell First

A 23-year-old from suburban New Orleans may have just opened a new chapter in how Louisiana treats one of its most persistent health problems. The Guardian reports that Daniel Cressy of Metairie is the first person in the Gulf Coast region to be "functionally cured" of sickle cell disease using...

Man Functionally Cured From Dreaded Disease of Sickle Cell

A 23-year-old Louisiana man has become the first person in the Gulf Coast region to be declared functionally cured of sickle cell disease, marking a major milestone in the use of gene-editing technology to treat the inherited blood disorder.  Daniel Cressy, of Metairie, Louisiana, underwent treatment with Casgevy, the world’s first approved CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing therapy for sickle cell disease. The treatment involved collecting his own blood-…