‘Ground-breaking’ gene treatment for sickle cell disease to be rolled out on NHS

A GROUNDBREAKING genetic treatment with the potential to cure sickle cell disease will be rolled out on the NHS.

The one-off treatment costs more than £1million per patient but may essentially wipe out the illness in 97 per cent of people.

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The treatment re-engineers DNA so that red blood cells…

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