Submitted by 29PiecesOfSilver t3_yqxoei in science
Ggfd8675 t1_ivvh5to wrote
Reply to comment by kalesaji in In a first, doctors treat fatal genetic disease before birth by 29PiecesOfSilver
She still has the mutation. They didn’t do anything to alter her genes. The breakthrough here was being able to administer the missing enzyme to her in utero. Previously, they’ve given this enzyme treatment soon after birth, when much damage was already done during fetal development. She will receive the treatment for the rest of her life, unless they invent a new therapy.
The actual paper is paywalled, so I’m going off of the linked reporting.
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