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Woman Diagnosed with Sickle Cell Disease at 2 Months Old Wakes Up with No Pain for the First Time in Her Life After New Treatment

Sickle Cell Anemia

A mother who was diagnosed with sickle cell disease at just two months old has been cured of the condition after undergoing an "experimental" treatment at Johns Hopkins University.

Tatyana Thompson told TODAY that she lived with the genetic blood disorder for her entire life, which routinely left her with moderate pain. But when she became pregnant with her son, the pain intensified dramatically, and didn't subside even after she gave birth.