These are diseases like sickle cell anemia or beta thalassemia.

比如镰状细胞性贫血或β地中海贫血。

Taita-Taveta has an alarming rate of sickle cell disease.

Taita-Taveta已对该疾病的出现亮起警示灯。

We are solving sickle cell in a holistic way.

我们正在以整体的方式治疗镰刀细胞疾病。

Now imagine that his future wife is a carrier of the sickle cell gene.

现在想象一下，他未来的妻子是镰状细胞基因的携带者。

But there is a good chance she will pass on the sickle cell gene.

但是她很有可能会遗传镰状细胞基因。

So it starts where the places that have the worst effects of sickle cell are.

所以计划首先从那些镰状细胞病影响最严重的地区开始。

Take sickle cell anemia: The gene behind this condition also protects against malaria.

导致这种疾病的基因也能预防疟疾。

Access to care for sickle cell is very far away, and the government has very little resources.

但是想要接受镰刀细胞疾病的医学治疗实际上有些天方夜谭，政府几乎没有资源进行救助。

Sickle cell disease is caused by defective hemoglobin, which is the oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells.

镰状细胞病是由有缺陷的血红蛋白引起，后者是红细胞中的携氧蛋白。

To treat sickle cell disease, researchers used CRISPR to make the body produce the fetal form of hemoglobin.

为了治疗镰状细胞病，研究人员使用 CRISPR 使身体产生胎儿形式的血红蛋白。