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title: "Good news, everyone! "According to NIH, the treatment involved taking…"
date: 2019-09-19
source: facebook
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# Good news, everyone! "According to NIH, the treatment involved taking…

*September 19, 2019 · Facebook*

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[https://foxbaltimore.com/news/nation-world/mobile-man-first-alabamian-to-become-sickle-cell-free](https://foxbaltimore.com/news/nation-world/mobile-man-first-alabamian-to-become-sickle-cell-free){target="_blank"}
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Good news, everyone!\
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\"According to NIH, the treatment involved taking stem cells from his bone marrow, fixing the gene that causes his cells to sickle and reinserting that gene using the H-I-V virus; minus the parts of the virus that cause infection. That last part of the process happens after patients undergo chemotherapy to prepare for the introduction of the new cells.\
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Holmes completed his therapy in March and he's now sickle cell free. Researchers hope the therapy will become a cure.\
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Those who suffer with sickle cell anemia deal with intense pain when red blood cells become \"sickle-shaped.\" They clog blood vessels and starve organs of oxygen.\"\
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#goodnews #sickle
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