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Daniel Cressy, 23, just became the first person in Louisiana—and the entire Gulf South—to be functionally cured of sickle cell disease using CRISPR gene editing

Posted by Admin Dee on June 24, 2026 at 6:18am

A true medical miracle just happened. Daniel Cressy, 23, just became the first person in Louisiana—and the entire Gulf South—to be functionally cured of sickle cell disease using CRISPR gene editing.

Doctors collected his stem cells, edited them with Casgevy to boost fetal…
— Afshine Emrani MD FACC (@afshineemrani) June 23, 2026

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