A Bit of Good News

A Bit of Good News

The intoxicating delight of early spring

Vol. 4, Issue 11

Jade Walker
Mar 19, 2025
∙ Paid

THE GOOD NEWS

3D rendering of sickle cell anemia
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Pain-free, for the first time

A man from Long Island has become the first person in New York to be cured of sickle cell anemia.

Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disorder affecting about 100,000 people in the U.S., mostly those of African, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern descent. Ordinary red blood cells are …

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