A 15-year-old patient in Louisiana made history late last week as the first pediatric patient in the state to be cured of sickle cell disease using gene therapy. On Oct. 23, Manning Family Children’s Hospital in New Orleans held a ceremony for Phillip Mullin. Mullin, who has previously been admitted to the hospital over 100 [...]

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