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.

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Base editing: Revolutionary therapy clears girl's incurable cancer

New way of altering DNA is used to engineer an "exciting", experimental therapy for a 13-year girl.

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Two studies published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications found a link between several types of bacteria in the gut and depressive symptoms.

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Gut Bacteria Are Linked To Depression - Slashdot

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"Lab-grown nerve cells will replace those destroyed by disease – scientists hope treatment may be available in five years"

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The app Visible is also geared towards people living with conditions such as chronic fatigue syndrome

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A compound that both inhibits the MRSA superbug and renders it more vulnerable to antibiotics has been discovered by scientists at the University of Bath in the UK led by Dr Maisem Laabei and Dr Ian Blagbrough.

The novel compound – a polyamine – seems to destroy Staphylococcus aureus, the bacterium that causes (among other things) deadly Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections, by disrupting the pathogen’s cell membrane.

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Groundbreaking new compound eradicates the MRSA superbug

A compound that both inhibits the MRSA superbug and renders it more vulnerable to antibiotics has been discovered by scientists.

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Vaccine against all strains of virus hailed as major step in protecting against potentially devastating flu pandemic

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"Researchers say there is a growing body of evidence these viruses interfere with each other’s spread"

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"The injection was shown in clinical trials to delay onset of insulin-dependent Type 1 diabetes for patients with autoantibody markers of early risk by over two years, with hopes for some that it can delay onset even longer."

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FDA approves 1st drug to delay onset of Type 1 diabetes

Doctors hailed the FDA approval as a "watershed moment."

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Trial results suggest people with newly diagnosed glioblastoma could potentially be given extra years of life.

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