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Sickle cell gene therapy helps man overcome disease after 20 years

Sickle cell gene therapy helps man overcome disease after 20 years
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ST. LOUIS ( Aging Untold ) — A 20-year-old Nebraska man traveled to St. Louis in 2025 seeking a treatment for sickle cell anemia he and his mother had spent years trying to find. After undergoing a gene therapy called Lyfgenia, Martin Mwita Jr. said the results showed that his body was nearly fre...

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