Through groundbreaking gene therapy, a patient in Louisiana has become the first person to ever be functionally cured of sickle cell anemia in the state.
Daniel Cressy, 23, received curative gene therapy at Manning Family Children's in New Orleans on Monday, June 22.
Manning Family Children's hospital in New Orleans is one of the few programs in the U.S. to offer FDA-approved gene altering technologies
By altering genetically modified stem cells, a patient's bone marrow will produce healthy red blood cells, treating and functionally curing sickle cell before it destroys the organs.