title: Sickle cell and silent spleen.
abstract: In this issue of Blood, in a first-rate example of collaboration between academia (University of California) and industry (Sangamo), Hoban et al show in situ gene correction of sickle cell anemia (SCA), a prototypical hemoglobinopathy.
authors.affiliation: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.
authors.forename: Jakub
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0957-4380
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tolar
mesh_terms: D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000628:therapy*; D000818:Animals; D015316:Genetic Therapy; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D055544:beta-Globins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D055544:beta-Globins