Lyfgenia and Casgevy Become First FDA-Approved Gene Therapies for Sickle Cell Disease
XTalks
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Both gene therapies are approved for individuals 12 years of age and older with sickle cell disease. The CRISPR system is dubbed to be molecular “scissors” that can cut out parts of genes that are abnormal, deactivating or replacing them with new strands of normal DNA. It also affects Hispanic Americans, but at a lower prevalence.
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