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Baby is healed with first personalized gene-editing treatment

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1160 points jbredeche | 1 comments | 15 May 25 18:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.211s | source
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ecshafer ◴[15 May 25 19:58 UTC] No.43998721[source]▶
As a father, the idea of being told my 1 week old baby is going to die would be my worst nightmare. The fact these doctors and scientists saved this childs life is a monument to modern medical science. This is absolutely insane. Hopefully the child doesnt need a liver transplant, but this is a great leap forward.
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efilife[dead post] ◴[15 May 25 21:41 UTC] No.43999602[source]▶
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blacksmith_tb ◴[15 May 25 22:09 UTC] No.43999846[source]▶
Typically yes? But surviving infancy is the first step on the road to immortality (but that will require more than CRISPR... probably?)
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1. 331c8c71 ◴[15 May 25 22:22 UTC] No.43999958[source]▶
Immortality? (rolleyes)