DURHAM, N.C. — For 35-year-old Marcus Mitchell, the view out of a hospital window is all too familiar. Born with sickle cell disease, the Andrews High School teacher has endured health scares and painful crises since childhood.
“I just got tired of having sickle cell crisis and hope for the best,” Mitchell said.
Now, he has a chance to leave those hospital views behind. Mitchell is the first adult patient at Duke University Hospital to undergo a groundbreaking gene therapy that could offer a cure…