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Erica Esrick & David A. Williams

Attending physician, Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center; senior vice president and chief scientific officer, Boston Children’s Hospital

Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited blood disorder in the U.S., affecting more than 100,000 Americans, including 1 in 365 African Americans. The disease affects hemoglobin, the molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen throughout the body, causing the cells

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