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Personalized CRISPR treatment used on baby with genetic disease

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16.05.2025

Doctors used personal gene therapy to treat an infant with a deadly genetic disease in a medical first.

KJ Muldoon was born in August 2024, and DNA sequencing revealed he had inherited two gene mutations that prevented him from breaking down proteins in food. That leads to a buildup of ammonia that destroys the liver and can cause neurological damage with lifelong consequences.

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