8-year-old boy first in NY to receive FDA-approved gene therapy for rare inherited blood disorder


by ABC7 New York

ABC7 New York— 8-year-old Yusuf is making history as the first patient in the state of New York to undergo an FDA-approved gene therapy for a rare inherited blood disorder called beta-thalassemia.

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