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Base Editing: Revolutionary therapy clears girl's incurable cancer


All other treatments for Alyssa's leukaemia had failed.
So doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital used "base editing" to perform a feat of biological engineering to build her a new living drug.
Six months later the cancer is undetectable, but Alyssa is still being monitored in case it comes back.

#science #medicine #health #cancer #leukaemia

bbc.co.uk/news/health-63859184

in reply to Garry Knight

So smart. Nice to see an elegant solution to a catch-22 situation.