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Baby is healed with first personalized gene-editing treatment

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1168 points jbredeche | 3 comments | 15 May 25 18:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.759s | 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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koala_man ◴[15 May 25 23:53 UTC] No.44000502[source]▶
This question is logically sensible but considered emotionally abhorrent. If you haven't been tested for autism you should consider taking a quiz.
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1. sedatk ◴[16 May 25 00:47 UTC] No.44000790[source]▶
Only 1% of the population has autism. Presenting autism as a considerable possibility for trollish behavior isn't much different than what the parent commenter did.
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2. efilife ◴[16 May 25 04:16 UTC] No.44001792[source]▶
"questions I don't want to think about are trollish"
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3. sedatk ◴[16 May 25 04:43 UTC] No.44001905[source]▶
now, confirmed.