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Sickle cell is an incurable disease that can mean a lifetime of blood transfusions, transplants and episodes of excruciating pain. Until recently, there has been little in the way of treatment. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)
But a new drug approved for use in the NHS could see as many as a third of the 15,000 sickle cell patients in this country getting a treatment that reduces that pain. But - for many - there are barriers to getting it.
We heard from some of those patients.
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But a new drug approved for use in the NHS could see as many as a third of the 15,000 sickle cell patients in this country getting a treatment that reduces that pain. But - for many - there are barriers to getting it.
We heard from some of those patients.
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