Red Blood Cells, Before And After (IMAGE)

Boston Children's Hospital

Red Blood Cells, Before And After

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The unedited red blood cells at left include many misshapen 'sickle' cells, shown by red arrows. These largely disappeared in the red blood cells made by gene-edited blood stem cells.

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Daniel Bauer/Boston Children's Hospital

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