Gene editing has delivered remarkable results against sickle cell disease. Now researchers are working to make these personalized treatments faster, cheaper, and available to far more patients.

Daniel Cressy has suffered from symptoms of the painful genetic condition since birth Toria Sheffield is a Writer-Reporter on the Weekends News Team at PEOPLE. She joined the brand in 2024. Governor ...

Daniel Cressy, 23, says path leading to completion of curative gene therapy is his ‘greatest blessing’ A young south-eastern Louisiana man recently became the first person in his region to be ...

For most of his life, Daniel Cressy had two realities shaping his future. One was his dream of becoming a commercial pilot. The other was sickle cell disease, a condition that repeatedly put obstacles ...

Local doctors are celebrating a patient and his medical milestone as a Metairie man is now the first person in Louisiana to be functionally cured of sickle cell disease through gene therapy.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A 23-year-old New Orleans man became the first person in Louisiana to be functionally cured of sickle cell disease through gene therapy. Daniel Cressy underwent the procedure at ...

“Think of the blood vessels like a city highway,” says Elizabeth Margolskee, MD, MPH, a clinical pathologist and an associate professor of clinical pathology and laboratory medicine at the Perelman ...

Sickle cell anemia is a genetic disorder that can cause periods of severe pain. People with sickle cell disease cover a wide range of overall wellness and fitness, says Chancellor Donald, MD, a ...

Medical history has been made in Louisiana. On Tuesday, the first person in the state to receive gene therapy for sickle cell disease left the hospital after a six-week-long stay. The hope is that ...

A major step forward for sickle cell care in Georgia is now awaiting the governor's signature. On the final day of the 2026 legislative session, lawmakers passed House Bill 334 — known as the "Sickle ...

Tatyana Thompson found a successful experimental treatment for the genetic condition at 30 years old Getty Tatyana Thompson was diagnosed with sickle cell disease when she was 2 months old and endured ...

On her best days, Tatyana Thompson’s pain was at a level five. Some days, it would stay that way, a persistent throb in her joints, her hands, her back. On other days, if she was dehydrated or was hit ...