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Help plz! can sickle cell anemia be cured with gene therapy?
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Not as far I know: This may be the future. But as of right now, I am not aware of gene therapy for sickle cell disease. The only cure for it at the moment is bone marrow transplant.
Answered 6/11/2014
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