A 21-year-old Long Island patient has been cured of sickle cell anemia thanks to a gene therapy treatment. Medical history [… ...
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Sebastien Beauzile, 21, became the first person in New York state to be made symptom-free of sickle cell disease after undergoing Lyfgenia, a new type of gene therapy.
“Now he’s producing normal adult hemoglobin in his parent cells. You see it in his blood as well,” Dr. Aygun said. “That’s why he’s not having any symptoms related to his sickle cell disease.” For ...
A sickle cell gene therapy treatment has allowed a Long Island man to turn a chapter in his life, with doctors declaring him ...
Sickle cell disease fundamentally changes how red blood cells function in the body. Instead of maintaining their normal disc shape, these cells become rigid and crescent-shaped when deoxygenated ...
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A recent Vanderbilt study has found a cure for sickle cell disease, a blood disorder where the body creates mutated red blood ...
“Sickle cell was like a blockade for me - now it’s like a wall ... groundbreaking lyfgenia treatment used his own bone marrow ...
"Sickle cell was like a blockade for me ... treatment used Beauzile's own bone marrow in IV transfusions to create normal red blood cells. "When we could use Sebastien's own stem cells to do ...