US doctors rewrite DNA of infant with severe genetic disorder in medical first

<p>Gene-editing breakthrough has potential to treat array of devastating genetic diseases soon after birth, scientists say</p><p>Doctors in the US have become the first to treat a baby with a customised gene-editing therapy after diagnosing the child with a severe genetic disorder that kills about half of those affected in early infancy.</p><p>International researchers have hailed the feat as a medical milestone, saying it demonstrated the potential for treating an array of devastating genetic diseases by rewriting faulty DNA soon after affected children are born.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/may/15/us-doctors-rewrite-dna-of-infant-with-severe-genetic-disorder-in-medical-first">Continue reading...</a>