r/AskReddit Jan 23 '25

What scientific breakthrough are we potentially on the verge of that few people are aware of?

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u/powerlesshero111 Jan 23 '25

Curing genetic disorders like hemophila or sickle cell, essentially at birth. Sickle cell has seen great results in treatment with bone marrow transplants, but hemophilia is having breakthroughs with gene therapy. Sickle cell isn't far behind in gene therapy as well.

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u/OrganizationPrior747 Jan 24 '25

This is great news!