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New Bluebird data show promising benefits for gene therapy, if they last

New versions of Bluebird Bio’s gene therapy for inherited blood disorders yielded significant benefits for patients, according to updated results from ongoing clinical trials released Friday.

But whether those benefits will endure for the patients with those conditions, beta-thalassemia and sickle cell disease, remains an open question, even as the Cambridge-based biotech prepares to submit for its first marketing approval in Europe by the end of the year.

Two of the beta-thalassemia patients in Bluebird’s clinical trials who have been followed for the longest period of time have

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