Watch "Life After Gene Therapy" from ASGCT and NORD

The fifth and final in a series of five educational webinars from ASGCT and the National Organizations for Rare Disorders (NORD) is now available to watch for free.

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During "Life After Gene Therapy," which was held December 18, participants heard from Charles Hough, who was diagnosed with sickle cell disease when he was two years old, and Nicole Almeida, who found out her son had SMA when she was five months pregnant. Charles received gene therapy through a clinical trial at NIH in 2017. Nicole's son, Matteo, received gene therapy when he was just 27 days old. Charles and Nicole talked about symptoms before gene therapy treatments, how they got involved in clinical trials, what the procedures were like, and what life is like now for them and their families.

To learn more about sickle cell disease, SMA, and other genetic disorders, check out our Patient Education portal. You can also watch the first four webinars on this section of our website.

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