Article 65NAW Doctors Treated a Deadly Genetic Disease Before Birth for the First Time

Doctors Treated a Deadly Genetic Disease Before Birth for the First Time

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Ed Cara
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A team of doctors in the U.S. and Canada are reporting a medical first. They were able to start treating a child's rare and often deadly genetic condition while she was still a fetus in the womb-the same condition that claimed the lives of her siblings. Now 16 months old, the child, named Ayla, appears to be...

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