First Patient Begins Sickle Cell Gene Therapy That F.D.A. Approved NYT: Science By: Gina Kolata and Kenny Holston 7 May 2024 at 09:34 A 12-year-old boy in the Washington, D.C., area faces months of procedures to remedy his disease. โI want to be cured,โ he said. ยฉ Kenny Holston/The New York Times