Scientists are used to being cautious. But I was reading this article and I was beside clapping for the science!
See, whenever we get very good results from our experiments, we always tell ourselves "let’s test this some more", "let’s confirm this in some other population". Well, let’s. But the results of this new study are so encouraging that we ought to celebrate with virtual champagne!
Gene therapy has successfully treated sickle cell anemia in mice! OK, so it’s in mice but read on first.
The scientists introduced the gene for gamma-globin into the mice’s blood-forming cells and then introduced …read more