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Groundbreaking Gene Therapy Cures 21-year-old of His Sickle Cell Anemia: 'I'm not in pain anymore'

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Cohen Children’s Medical Center said their patient Sebastien Beauzile , 21 , is the first New Yorker to have received the breakthrough Lyfgenia treatment.

Sickle cell disease occurs when blood cells, through forming sickle shapes, have trouble reaching the heart.

Other genetic treatments have proven successful in reducing or ending the bouts of pain and surgeries that plague the lives of those who suffer from the disease.

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