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She cured her disease but she still is in pain
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A team of US researchers has claimed they’ve transplanted the first gene therapy in sickle cell disease patients with only partially matched stem cells from a parent. The study, published in the journal Blood, also found that stem cells from only partly matched donors were able to be transplanted successfully in people with sickle-cell disease who received chemotherapy before the procedure.
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