For 21 years, Sebastien Beauzile lived with the chronic pain of sickle cell anemia. Now, thanks to a groundbreaking genetic treatment, he is the first person in New York to be cured of the disease. "Sickle cell was like a blockade for me,

Sebastien Beauzile, 21, became the first person in New York state to be made symptom-free of sickle cell disease after undergoing Lyfgenia, a new type of gene therapy.