A Christmas miracle: Rare blood disease cured in the Bronx

THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) -- A 16-year-old with a rare blood disease was cured with innovative gene therapy by doctors at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore. Miriya Nurse got emotional at the thought of being home and healthy for the holidays. Since the age of four, she has battled the blood disease thalassemia. Monthly transfusions [...]