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Stuart H. Orkin and Swee Lay Thein shared the 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for research that transformed the devastating blood disorders sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia from incurable to treatable conditions through gene editing therapy.
Watch Octavia Spencer and Sean Penn award Orkin and Thein the Breakthrough Prize: https://youtu.be/G8sPa3xfZBI
Learn more: Gene Therapy for sickle cell disease: The journey to a new treatment | Boston Children’s Hospital
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTkmNg7ZBFI