Dr. Swee Lay Thein and Dr. Stuart Orkin won the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for their work on a functional cure for the deadly blood disorders sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia. Two scientists whose work ushered in the first approved therapy using the gene-editing tool CRISPR have won the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences. The prize winners — Dr. Swee Lay Thein, of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute ... [6072 chars]
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