‘A leap of faith’: Nashville teen makes history with gene-editing treatment for sickle cell disease

‘A leap of faith’: Nashville teen makes history with gene-editing treatment for sickle cell disease
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A 13-year-old Nashville boy has spent 42 days hospitalized at TriStar Centennial Children’s Hospital as part of a gene-editing treatment that doctors say could potentially cure sickle cell disease.Rickey Buggs, who has lived with sickle cell since infancy, became the hos...