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New Base Editing Gene Therapy Cures its First Patient: A Sickle-Cell Sufferer Now in the 'Gym Every Day'

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Braden Baptiste has had sickle cell crises since he was a toddler.

The 20-year-old recipient of a more precise gene editing protocol called base editing.

Using the targeting ability of a CRISPR product, physicians were able to reach a single base.

These small changes can correct a point mutation, silence a disease-causing gene, or help activate a specific gene.

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