Making Personalized Crispr Cures to Save More Babies
Drs. Kiran Musunuru and Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas with KJ Muldoon.
Source: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Hi, it’s Gerry in New York. Researchers are trying to build on the success of “baby KJ” and make more personalized treatments for kids with rare diseases. More on that in a moment, but first ...
In May, baby KJ Muldoon made history as the first person to get a custom-made treatment using the gene-editing tool Crispr. Now a push is underway to do the same thing for eight more kids.