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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 Manning Family Children’s Hospital. The disease is no longer active in his system..."