FDA approves first test of CRISPR for genetic defect causing sickle cell disease
<i>“We are motivated to work toward a cure that can be accessible and affordable to patients worldwide,”</i><p>Sickle Cell is prevalent in some populations because the gene mutation is protective against malaria. (Probably only beneficial if you have one copy, not two.)<p>I hope they will keep this in mind and work to eradicate malaria hand-in-hand with trying to eradicate the genes that are protective against it when they look to take it global.