A #genetherapy success story! Just amazing 🧬 #sicklecell

"declared the first from the US’s Gulf coast region to undergo gene editing therapy utilizing Casgevy’s CRISPR/Cas9 technology and be functionally cured of sickle cell disease"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/24/louisiana-man-sickle-cell-functionally-cured

Louisiana man becomes first in region functionally cured of sickle cell disease

Daniel Cressy, 23, says path leading to completion of curative gene therapy is his ‘greatest blessing’

The Guardian