First Day of a ‘New Life’ for a Boy With Sickle Cell NYT | Top Stories By: Gina Kolata and Kenny Holston 16 September 2024 at 22:37 Kendric Cromer, 12, is among the first patients to be treated with gene therapy just approved by the F.D.A. that many other patients face obstacles to receiving. © Kenny Holston/The New York TimesKendric Cromer undergoing infusion gene therapy for his sickle cell disease at Children’s General Hospital in Washington last week.