First Gulf South Patient Functionally Cured of Sickle Cell With Gene Therapy

Daniel Cressy, 23, became the first person in the Gulf South functionally cured of sickle cell disease using Casgevy gene therapy, while a new study finds younger generations are aging faster biologically, potentially explaining rising early-onset cancer rates. Combined with a 31-state foodborne outbreak and the worsening Bundibugyo virus crisis, here’s this week’s health roundup.

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