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In a landmark achievement for genetic medicine, eight babies have been born in the UK using DNA from three individuals to prevent mitochondrial disease. This pioneering technique, developed at Newcastle University and approved by UK law in 2015, involves combining DNA from two parents with healthy mitochondria from a donor woman. Mitochondrial disease, a debilitating […]
A baby named KJ has become the first person to receive a personalized gene-editing treatment, marking a historic moment in medicine. Born with CPS1 deficiency, a rare condition that can be fatal within days, KJ was treated at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia using CRISPR-based base editing tailored to his unique mutation. After three doses, KJ […]
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