Cincinnati researchers hope they’ve found gene therapy cure for sickle-cell anemia

Researchers at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center hope they have discovered a way to use gene therapy to cure sickle-cell anemia after a decade of research work. The hope is to receive federal approval to move forward with human testing next year.  So far using lab animals and human tissue samples, scientists have been able to develop the cutting-edge treatment for the disease that affects 70,000 to 100,000 people in the United States. Read full article here.