The Age of Crispr Medicine Is Here

Jimi Olaghere used to end up in the emergency room so often that the hospital reserved a bed for him. Sickle cell disease dominated his life. A genetic defect he was born with meant that instead of having flexible, round red blood cells like most people do, his were sticky and crescent-shaped. The cells clumped together, blocking blood flow and unleashing excruciating bouts of pain. He took painkillers to manage the episodes, but the drugs didn’t always help.

“It was a circus, bouncing from specialist to specialist and constantly desecrating my body with endless amounts of prescription pills, all in the hopes of finding a sliver of what it feels

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