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    Stem cell gene therapy showed significant potential as a curative approach for the hereditary blood disorder sickle cell disease (SCD), according to a recent clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine. According to the study, elevated levels of fetal hemoglobin in red blood cells can mitigate the complications of SCD. Fetal hemoglobin, unlike its adult counterpart, does not polymerize and cause red blood cells to deform under hypoxic conditions. “OTQ923, a clustered regularly interspac

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