THIS COULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT MEDICAL STORY OF THE DECADE
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✍️ A 6-month-old boy, KJ Muldoon, was born with a rare genetic disorder that affects one in 1.3 million newborns. A team of doctors at the Hospital Infantil de Filadelfia and Penn Medicine used CRISPR technology to correct the disorder, and KJ is now healthy and thriving.
👉 KJ was born with a rare genetic disorder that affects one in 1.3 million newborns 👉 The disorder caused by a deficiency in the CPS1 enzyme, which makes it difficult for the body to break down proteins 👉 CRISPR technology was used to correct the disorder by introducing a customized therapy 👉 The therapy corrected a single letter in KJ's DNA 👉 KJ is now healthy and thriving
-- #KJMuldoon #JeffColler #Filadelfia #PennMedicine #health
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