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Rice University

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An illustration shows the process by which a patient's own hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) can be removed, their genes edited and the corrected hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) returned to treat sickle cell disease.

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Illustration by Gang Bao/Rice University

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