New gene therapy may cure childhood immune condition

Successful trial could pave the way for similar techniques to be used for conditions such as sickle cell disease and thalassaemia

Children with a devastating immune condition appear to have been cured, after becoming the first to be given a new form of gene therapy.

Without the treatment, the patients who suffer from a rare condition called Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, faced short life expectancies and prolonged periods in hospital.

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