Louisiana teen reportedly becomes state's first child functionally cured of sickle-cell disease

Phillip Mullin of Alexandria is described by WVUE as Louisiana's first child functionally cured of sickle-cell disease through gene therapy and the state's first person to use Lyfgenia. His mother, Shataka Figgins, described her fear that he might not survive. Mullin hopes more people can receive the treatment. WVUE did not give the clinical criteria for “functionally cured” or the date he received treatment.