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  "path": "/sickle-cell-cure-louisiana/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-25T11:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://capitalbnews.org",
  "tags": [
    "Health",
    "Louisiana",
    "New Orleans",
    "sickle cell disease",
    "Historic Gene Therapy Gives Young Louisiana Man a New Shot at Life",
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  "textContent": "On Monday morning in New Orleans, 23-year-old Daniel Cressy rang a bell inside Manning Family Children’s hospital and stepped into what he calls “Life 2” — a life, for the first time, free of sickle cell disease. His treatment using Casgevy’s CRISPR/Cas9, a gene-editing technology, makes him the first patient in Louisiana and the Gulf […]\n\nThe post Historic Gene Therapy Gives Young Louisiana Man a New Shot at Life appeared first on Capital B News.",
  "title": "Historic Gene Therapy Gives Young Louisiana Man a New Shot at Life"
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