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Re:First UK child to receive gene therapy for fatal genetic ... by xen2xen1 on Friday February 17, 2023 @06:18PM (#34841929)
Viruses do that an astounding number of times a day, every day, don't they? And this treatment uses a virus.
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Re:First UK child to receive gene therapy for fatal genetic ... by yCombLinks on Saturday February 18, 2023 @04:24PM (#34851255)
A virus that we've modified to deliver the genetic payload we want inserted at a specific point in this child's DNA. It's not "give this child a random virus we have laying around, that'll fix her".
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