> Something was very wrong with Kyle and Nicole Muldoon’s baby.
>The doctors speculated. Maybe it was meningitis? Maybe sepsis?
>They got an answer when KJ was only a week old. He had a rare genetic disorder, CPS1 deficiency, that affects just one in 1.3 million babies. If he survived, he would have severe mental and developmental delays and would eventually need a liver transplant. But half of all babies with the disorder die in the first week of life.
>Doctors at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia offered the Muldoons comfort care for their baby, a chance to forgo aggressive treatments in the face of a grim prognosis.
>“We loved him, and we didn’t want him to be suffering,” Ms. Muldoon said. But she and her husband decided to give KJ a chance.
Instead, KJ has made medical history. The baby, now 9 ½ months old, became the first patient of any age to have a custom gene-editing treatment, according to his doctors. He received an infusion made just for him and designed to fix his precise mutation.
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Let’s go. The future is superhumans. 💪🏾
Also glad to see that the baby is alright.
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LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO! GENE EDITING IS HERE BAYBEEEEE!
(Hyperbole i know its been a while but this is a first for actual out of vitro human gene editing on this scale im p sure! 😀 )
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It’s funny how all the researchers jumped and worked overtime to treat the infant. After decades of theory, a practical experiment!
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> Something was very wrong with Kyle and Nicole Muldoon’s baby.
>The doctors speculated. Maybe it was meningitis? Maybe sepsis?
>They got an answer when KJ was only a week old. He had a rare genetic disorder, CPS1 deficiency, that affects just one in 1.3 million babies. If he survived, he would have severe mental and developmental delays and would eventually need a liver transplant. But half of all babies with the disorder die in the first week of life.
>Doctors at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia offered the Muldoons comfort care for their baby, a chance to forgo aggressive treatments in the face of a grim prognosis.
>“We loved him, and we didn’t want him to be suffering,” Ms. Muldoon said. But she and her husband decided to give KJ a chance.
Instead, KJ has made medical history. The baby, now 9 ½ months old, became the first patient of any age to have a custom gene-editing treatment, according to his doctors. He received an infusion made just for him and designed to fix his precise mutation.
Let’s go. The future is superhumans. 💪🏾
Also glad to see that the baby is alright.
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO! GENE EDITING IS HERE BAYBEEEEE!
(Hyperbole i know its been a while but this is a first for actual out of vitro human gene editing on this scale im p sure! 😀 )
It’s funny how all the researchers jumped and worked overtime to treat the infant. After decades of theory, a practical experiment!