The one-time gene editing fix is meant to halt debilitating pain crises for sickle cell patients, who formerly could only be cured with a risky stem cell transplant.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-first-crispr-medicine-is-now-approved-in-the-us/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
https://www.wired.com/story/the-first-crispr-medicine-is-now-approved-in-the-us/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger