Sickle Cell disease treatment hits medical breakthrough in Detroit

The Brief

• A new, commercially available treatment that could potentially cure Sickle Cell Disease has made a breakthrough.
• Chantez Sanford was diagnosed with sickle cell disease as an infant.

• In December 2025, Sanford underwent a Lyfgenia transfusion, in which the patient’s stem cells are harvested, and a gene is added.
   

  DETROIT (FOX 2) - It’s a medical breakthrough in treating sickle cell disease and a Michigan man is proof that it works.
  
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  It’s called ‘Sickle Cell Disease Gene Therapy,’ a new, commercially available treatment that could potentially cure this sometimes deadly disease.