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Which Massachusetts-based biotech created a gene therapy treatment to re-engineer DNA for sickle cell anemia patients?

on Aug 4, 2025

Published in Health Trivia

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Bluebird Bio. LentiGlobin BB305 is a gene therapy which extracts DNA from sickle cell bone marrow and re-engineers it to create the right type of red blood cells.

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