Alexandria teen becomes first child in state functionally cured of sickle cell disease
For the first time in Louisiana, gene therapy has functionally cured a child with sickle-cell disease. For the first time in Louisiana, 15-year-old Phillip Mullin has been functionally cured of sickle cell disease through a gene therapy. He is also the first person to use Lyfgenia, the stem cell treatment that made it possible. Mullin, from Alexandria, has had over 100 hospital stays and his disease causes abnormal red blood cells, which can lead to pain, infection and stroke. His mother, Shataka Figgins, described the moment as emotional and hopeful. Following his treatment, Mullin plans to return to school to study and become a hematologist/oncologist.
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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - For the first time in Louisiana, gene therapy has functionally cured a child with sickle-cell disease.
Phillip Mullin, 15, is also the first person to use Lyfgenia, the stem cell... [2617 symbols]
