Massachusetts woman with painful sickle cell disease running NYC Marathon
Amy Cohen is running the New York City Marathon despite living with the painful effects of sickle cell disease.
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Amy Cohen is running the New York City Marathon despite living with the painful effects of sickle cell disease.
Amy Cohen is running the New York City Marathon despite living with the painful effects of sickle cell disease. WBZ-TV's Paula Ebben reports.
Sickle cell disease affects approximately 100,000 people in the U.S., predominantly people of color.
The first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease has been approved in the U.K., a move that could offer relief to thousands of people with the disease.
