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Gene therapy for HbSC disease and other compound heterozygous sickle hemoglobinopathies: a time for inclusion.
Blood - 13 Nov 2025
Wilks Andrew, Steinberg Martin H, Frangoul Haydar
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ABSTRACT: Two gene therapy products have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for sickle cell disease. Nearly all patients in the clinical trials that led to approval either were sickle hemoglobin (HbS) gene homozygotes (sickle cell anemia) or had HbS-β0 thalassemia. HbSC disease, caused by compound heterozygosity for HbS and hemoglobin C genes, is the second most common genotype of sickle cell...
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