A three-year-old Oliver (Ollie) Chu has become the world’s first patient to receive a revolutionary stem cell gene therapy for Hunter syndrome.
This rare, progressive, inherited disorder damages the body and brain, with effects often likened to a form of childhood dementia. The condition is life-threatening, with a typical life expectancy between 10 and 20 years.
Developed over 10 years at the University of Manchester and tested at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital (RMCH), the therapy is a one-off procedure.
jk3639 on
I‘m so hopeful for stem cell gene therapy. Just hoping human greed and ignorance don’t ruin it like it often does.
Eycariot on
Gene therapy wouldn’t even be needed if we could fix genes in the embryonic state
qroshan on
Wow! A futurology posts that actually posted the benefits of Technology to humanity? Are the mods asleep?
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A three-year-old Oliver (Ollie) Chu has become the world’s first patient to receive a revolutionary stem cell gene therapy for Hunter syndrome.
This rare, progressive, inherited disorder damages the body and brain, with effects often likened to a form of childhood dementia. The condition is life-threatening, with a typical life expectancy between 10 and 20 years.
Developed over 10 years at the University of Manchester and tested at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital (RMCH), the therapy is a one-off procedure.
I‘m so hopeful for stem cell gene therapy. Just hoping human greed and ignorance don’t ruin it like it often does.
Gene therapy wouldn’t even be needed if we could fix genes in the embryonic state
Wow! A futurology posts that actually posted the benefits of Technology to humanity? Are the mods asleep?