Genetic error was corrected in blood cells from people with sickle cell disease & turned into stem cells for treatment.

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This new technology has broad implications for treatment of many age-related diseases like Parkinson’s, ALS, type 1 diabetes and more. The reprogramming different cells into pluripotent stem cells that can form any cell type in the body along with gene editing (CRISPR) that can remove a faulty gene and replace with normal gene is world-changing!