Preliminary Data Shows CRISPR Benefits Patients With Devastating Sickle Cell Disease, Other Blood Disorders

Two patients taking part in the trials have been free of transfusions to treat their diseases for months, showing the ''revolutionary'' technology is working and the new cells are engrafting in bone marrow, researchers say. But they caution about celebrating too early. Public health news is on unwelcome changes in psychiatric wards, pledges to eradicate polio, harsh discipline of black girls, anal cancer, illiteracy's impact on dementia, functioning with brain malformations, an app for recovery from addiction, and exercise's benefits for older, sedentary people.

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