Sickle cell patient dies in gene-therapy trial

Beam Therapeutics, based in Cambridge, Mass., released early clinical data from its first trial for patients with sickle cell disease that employed a gene editing tool, known as CRISPR. All four patients showed positive results, but one died four months post-treatment, according to a Nov. 5 news release from the company.

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