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. 2017 Mar 15;9(381):eaam9864.
doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aam9864.

Rounding up sickle cells with gene therapy

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Rounding up sickle cells with gene therapy

Leah Byrne. Sci Transl Med. .

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A report of a patient treated with ex vivo lentiviral gene transfer to hematopoietic stem cells shows the promise of gene therapy for sickle cell anemia.

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  • Gene Therapy in a Patient with Sickle Cell Disease.
    Ribeil JA, Hacein-Bey-Abina S, Payen E, Magnani A, Semeraro M, Magrin E, Caccavelli L, Neven B, Bourget P, El Nemer W, Bartolucci P, Weber L, Puy H, Meritet JF, Grevent D, Beuzard Y, Chrétien S, Lefebvre T, Ross RW, Negre O, Veres G, Sandler L, Soni S, de Montalembert M, Blanche S, Leboulch P, Cavazzana M. Ribeil JA, et al. N Engl J Med. 2017 Mar 2;376(9):848-855. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1609677. N Engl J Med. 2017. PMID: 28249145

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