Immediate Answer: A 23-year-old New Orleans man, Daniel Cressy, has become the first person in Louisiana to be functionally cured of sickle cell disease through gene therapy at Manning Family Children's Hospital. By using his own edited stem cells to stop the production of defective blood cells, doctors have successfully deactivated the disease in his system, marking a historic medical milestone for the state. What Happened: For the first time in Louisiana’s history, a patien
