Louisiana Teen Overcomes Years of Sickle Cell Complications With Gene Therapy
For most teenagers, growing up means worrying about school, friendships, and what the future might hold. For Phillip Mullin, a 15-year-old from Alexandria, Louisiana, childhood involved more than 100 hospitalizations, 15 surgeries, and years of living with a painful inherited blood disorder. Now, following gene therapy, doctors consider him functionally cured of sickle cell disease, …