Correcting sickle cell disease with stem cells -- ScienceDaily - 0 views
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Lottie Peppers on 11 May 14Using a patient's own stem cells, researchers have corrected the genetic alteration that causes sickle cell disease, a painful, disabling inherited blood disorder that affects mostly African-Americans. The corrected stem cells were coaxed into immature red blood cells in a test tube that then turned on a normal version of the gene