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FDA clears first CRISPR treatment for a second disease, beta thalassemia (www.cnn.com)

submitted 11 months ago by MicroWave to c/health

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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a second use for the first CRISPR-based medicine, Casgevy, which was approved in December to treat sickle cell disease.

The groundbreaking treatment can now also be used to treat transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia in people 12 and older. Like sickle cell, beta thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder.

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To make Casgevy, a person’s stem cells are genetically modified using a precision gene editing technique called CRISPR/Cas9. The modified cells are then transplanted back into the body, where they grow and multiply and increase the production of hemoglobin, which decreases symptoms.

The treatment lists for $2.2 million for both sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia.

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[–] oDDmON 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, screw R&D, mergers and acquisitions is the way to go. ;)

[–] toiletobserver 1 points 11 months ago

I'm also into murders and executions