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Proof of your experience just arrived

U.S. approves first gene-editing treatment, Casgevy, for sickle cell disease
PUBLISHED FRI, DEC 8 202311:19 AM ESTUPDATED 11 MIN AGO


Angelica Peebles @IN/ANGELICAPEEBLES/ @ANGELICAPEEBLES

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KEY POINTS

  • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Casgevy, the first gene-editing treatment to be marketed in the country.
  • Casgevy uses Nobel Prize-winning technology CRISPR to treat sickle cell disease, a blood disorder that affects about 100,000 Americans.
  • Vertex Pharmaceuticals and CRISPR Therapeutics co-developed the one-time treatment that could cost around $2 million per patient.


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