Promising new gene therapies for sickle cell are out of reach in countries where they're needed most

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Gautam Dongre’s two children in India and Pascazia Mazeze’s son in Tanzania live with an inherited blood disorder that turns blood cells into instruments of pain.

Now that new gene therapies promise a cure for their sickle cell disease, Dongre says he's "praying the treatment should come to us.”