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Is Sickle Cell Anemia…Cured?

2024/11/24
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Deb Cromer
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Francis Collins
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Gina Kolata
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Keith Cromer
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Deb Cromer描述了Kendric的性格，并讲述了家庭在Kendric确诊镰状细胞性贫血后的感受以及他们对基因治疗的希望和担忧。Keith Cromer分享了他最初的恐惧以及后来对基因治疗的期待。Gina Kolata作为医学记者，提供了关于镰状细胞性贫血和基因治疗的背景信息，并分析了这种疗法的前景和挑战。Francis Collins表达了对基因治疗效果的乐观态度。

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The Cromers describe their son Kendric's life with sickle cell anemia and the challenges they faced before discovering a potential gene therapy treatment.
  • Kendric was born with sickle cell anemia.
  • The disease causes red blood cells to change and break down, leading to excruciating pain and frequent hospitalizations.
  • The Cromers were initially unaware they were carriers of the disorder.

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Last May, a 12-year-old with sickle cell anemia was the first person to receive a new gene therapy to treat the disease. The process is painful, expensive, and still frightening and uncertain, but biomedical researchers are cautiously calling it a “cure.”

Guests:

Gina Kolata, medical reporter for the New York Times

Deb and Keith Cromer, parents to Kendric Cromer, the first person in the world to go through a commercially approved gene therapy for sickle cell anemia.

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