New gene therapy cures 1st New Yorker of sickle cell anemia

Sickle cell anemia patient reunites with Long Island doctors whose gene therapy treatments made him symptom-free
Sebastien Beauzile, 21, became the first person in New York state to be made symptom-free of sickle cell disease after undergoing Lyfgenia, a new type of gene therapy.
Long Island patient gets breakthrough sickle cell treatment called a ‘cure’: ‘I’m not in pain anymore’
A young man from Laurelton is the first New Yorker with sickle cell disease to receive Lyfgenia, a life-changing gene therapy treatment that has wiped away the debilitating illness, The Post first
‘I’m Unstoppable’: New gene therapy cures first New Yorker of sickle cell anemia
Twenty-one-year-old Sebastien Beauzile was all smiles as he was serenaded with “Happy Birthday” on what he calls his new birthday at Cohen Children’s Medical
Sickle cell gene therapy frees teen from life of pain
Aaron Scott, of Fayetteville, is the first in North Carolina to receive a new FDA-approved therapy which uses the patient's own cells to relieve the pain of sickle cell disease.
Man makes history by becoming the first in New York to be cured of sickle cell anemia, doctors say
A Long Island hospital has successfully treated Sebastien Beauzile, a 21-year-old from Laurelton, with the groundbreaking Lyfgenia gene therapy, effectively eliminating his sickle cell disease.
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Gene therapy cures man from sickle cell
A sickle cell gene therapy treatment has allowed a Long Island man to turn a chapter in his life. He was Sebastien Beauzile was born with sickle cell anemia and struggled to live a pain free life. However,
Man becomes first in New York to be cured of sickle cell
For 21 years, Sebastien Beauzile suffered chronic pain from debilitating sickle cell anemia and now he is making medical history. “Sickle cell was like a blockade for me - now it’s like a wall that I just jumped over,
Breakthrough treatments offer some sickle cell sufferers a cure, but barriers remain
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Rutgers Cancer Institute receives gene therapy treatment center designation
The Rutgers Cancer Institute recently became a designated gene therapy treatment center for sickle cell anemia and beta-thalassemia, joining a small group of medical centers that currently provide ...
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