A Sickle Cell Breakthrough and the Peril of Political Attacks on Science
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A Louisiana man, Daniel Cressy, was functionally cured of sickle cell disease thanks to a breakthrough rooted in federally funded research, underscoring how modern medicine can dramatically improve lives—but the piece warns that Donald Trump’s anti-science stance could threaten such progress, which evolved from bone marrow transplants to newer therapies in the early 2010s.
Topics:health#bone-marrow-transplant#federal-funding#medical-breakthrough#science#science-policy#sickle-cell-disease
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