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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-27T12:11:52.000Z",
  "site": "https://nycaribnews.com",
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  "textContent": "A 23-year-old Louisiana man has become the first person in the Gulf Coast region to be declared functionally cured of sickle cell disease, marking a major milestone in the use of gene-editing technology to treat the inherited blood disorder. Daniel Cressy, of Metairie, Louisiana, underwent treatment with Casgevy, the world’s first approved CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing therapy for sickle […]",
  "title": "Man Functionally Cured From Dreaded Disease of Sickle Cell"
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