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FDA considers gene-editing treatment for sickle cell disease

The Food and Drug Administration is set to vote on the use of gene-editing technology to potentially cure sickle cell disease, the painful genetic blood disorder that affects hundreds of thousands of Black, Hispanic, Asian and Middle Eastern Americans. Dr. Bayo Curry-Winchell, medical director at Saint Mary's Urgent Care Group, joined CBS News to discuss the treatment.
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