New gene therapy cures 1st New Yorker of sickle cell anemia

Long Island man is first in New York history to be cured of sickle cell anemia
A patient on Long Island is the first in New York to be cured of sickle cell anemia, doctors say. They credit state-of-the-art genetic treatment. Medical history made at Cohen Children's Medical Center For 21 years,
Sickle-cell anemia patient reunites with Long Island doctors whose gene therapy treatments made him symptom-free
Sebastien Beauzile, 21, became the first person in New York state to be made symptom-free of sickle cell disease after undergoing Lyfgenia, a new type of gene therapy.
Long Island patient gets breakthrough sickle cell treatment called a ‘cure’: ‘I’m not in pain anymore’
A young man from Laurelton is the first New Yorker with sickle cell disease to receive Lyfgenia, a life-changing gene therapy treatment that has wiped away the debilitating illness, The Post first
Sickle cell gene therapy frees teen from life of pain
Aaron Scott, of Fayetteville, is the first in North Carolina to receive a new FDA-approved therapy which uses the patient's own cells to relieve the pain of sickle cell disease.
Gene therapy cures man from sickle cell
A sickle cell gene therapy treatment has allowed a Long Island man to turn a chapter in his life. He was Sebastien Beauzile was born with sickle cell anemia and struggled to live a pain free life. However,
'I'm Unstoppable': New gene therapy cures first New Yorker of sickle cell anemia
Thanks to his medical team, Sebastien is grateful for becoming the first person in New York to receive a new genetic treatment, Lyfgenia, to cure his sickle cell disease.
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