A true medical miracle just happened. Daniel Cressy, 23, just became the first person in Louisiana—and the entire Gulf South—to be functionally cured of sickle cell disease using CRISPR gene editing.
Doctors collected his stem cells, edited them with Casgevy to boost fetal hemoglobin production, eliminated the diseased cells, and infused the corrected cells back into his body. The result?
No active sickle cell disease.
No more debilitating pain crises.
No more hospitalizations defining his life.
And perhaps most remarkable of all: his dream of becoming a commercial pilot, once blocked because of sickle cell disease, is now back within reach.
For decades, medicine treated the symptoms. Now we can edit the underlying DNA. Read that again. We are living in an age where a genetic disease can be rewritten at its source. One young man's future was restored.
Thousands more may follow.
Functional cure achieved.
Functional cure achieved.
Future rewritten.
What an incredible time to be alive. 🧬✈️
My position on argumentation is often sourced from a phrase I read in a Japanese book:
'Always remember that to argue, and win, is to break down the reality of the person you are arguing against. It is painful to lose your reality, so be kind, even if you are right.'
I have no backup plan in life. I made dua to the same rabb that cooled the fire for Ibrahim. The one who didn’t let a knife cut through Ismail. The rabb who gave Maryam a child as a virgin. Their rabb is my rabb, and with a little dua and yaqeen, no backup plan is needed bi’ithnillah. Ya Hasib, make me content with your plan for me. Suffice me in my worries.
The Ten Days of Dhul-Hijjah begin at Maghrib on Sunday, May 17th.
These are among the most beloved days to Allah, and the Messenger ﷺ guided us to fill them with remembrance: