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What to know about the first-ever approved gene-editing therapy

The Food and Drug Administration's approval Friday of a first-of-its-kind gene-editing therapy offers hope to patients with sickle cell disease — a rare, but debilitating, genetic disorder that disproportionately affects Black people.

The FDA approved the treatment, which requires a lengthy hospitalization and destroys patients' fertility, for those with the most severe cases.

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