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These babies also should be given a medication that spurs the baby to produce blood cells to try to prevent that anemia, and hopefully avoid having to give the baby a transfusion as a newborn.—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025 For instance, in a person with type A blood, the body will attack blood cells with B antigens, but not those with A antigens.—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2025 Gene therapy advances: Jackson Health’s new gene therapy techniques are helping patients with sickle cell disease by modifying blood cells to reduce symptoms, offering a promising alternative to traditional treatments like bone marrow transplants.—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 23 June 2025 That treatment involves removing cells responsible for generating blood cells from a patient, then genetically editing them using CRISPR to turn on a gene that makes fetal hemoglobin, which is normally turned off in adults.—Alice Park, Time, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for blood cell
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