Washington, May 15, 2025 (AFP) - US baby with rare illness treated with tailor-made gene edit

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2025-05-16

A US infant with a rare condition has become history's first patient to be treated with a personalized gene-editing technique that raises hopes for other people with obscure illnesses, doctors said Thursday. The wee pioneer is KJ Muldoon, now a 9-and-a-half-month-old boy with chubby cheeks and big blue eyes. Shortly after birth, he was diagnosed with a rare and serious condition called CPS1 deficiency. It is caused by a mutation in a gene that pr......

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