A £1.65 million treatment has been approved for use for some NHS patients, offering some with an inherited blood disorder hope of a cure.
Campaigners reacted with joy as health officials approved a gene-editing therapy for certain children and adults with severe sickle cell disorder.
There are around 17,500 people with sickle cell disease in the UK, and it is particularly common in people with an African or Caribbean family background.
Symptoms can include very severe pain, serious and life-threatening infections and anaemia.
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