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New treatment for sickle cell disease

In sickle cell disease blood cells become sticky and block blood vessels. For the first time in 20 years, a new drug is given to patients, crizanlizumab, that binds to a protein on blood cells preventing them from clumping.

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News seen at: BBC - Health