Squirrel News<p>The world’s 1st gene therapy for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/sicklecelldisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sicklecelldisease</span></a> has been approved in the UIK. Casgevy (jointly created by <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CRISPRTX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRISPRTX</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Vertex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vertex</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/pharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pharma</span></a> is the first <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> licensed using the gene editing tool <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CRISPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRISPR</span></a>, &amp; offers hope to 1000's as an alternative to the treatment of arduous <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/bone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bone</span></a> marrow <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/transplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transplants</span></a>.<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/sickle-cell-gene-therapy-treatment-uk-first-9bcf7c7d8b8909fb06e137fee17c767c" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/sickle-cell</span><span class="invisible">-gene-therapy-treatment-uk-first-9bcf7c7d8b8909fb06e137fee17c767c</span></a></p>