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ah it seems i’ve misread the initial post and replied to this under the assumption it said “rare illnesses have no cures”
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Quite the contrary, there are some rare illnesses that are unique in that they do have actual cures now. For example, the Sickle Cell gene therapy is the first gene-editing treatment to be approved for human use and completely cures the individual patient of Sickle Cell disease.