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Africa must participate in finding a gene therapy cure for sickle-cell disease

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  1. Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

    Grace Moshi & Julie Makani

  2. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital Singapore, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore

    Grace Moshi

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Vivien A. Sheehan

  4. Sickle Cell Programme, Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, School of Medicine, MUHAS, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

    Julie Makani

  5. Sickle Pan-African Consortium (SPARCO) Clinical Coordinating Centre, SickleInAfrica, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

    Julie Makani

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Moshi, G., Sheehan, V.A. & Makani, J. Africa must participate in finding a gene therapy cure for sickle-cell disease. Nat Med 28, 2451–2452 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-02033-5

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