
Baby healed in world’s first gene-editing therapy; Indian-origin doctor plays key role
A nine-month-old baby boy, who was born with a rare and life-threatening genetic disease, was successfully treated with an customised gene-editing treatment made just for him. Indian-origin cardiologist Kiran Musunuru was in the team of doctors who became the first to treat the baby using the customised gene-editing therapy. The baby was diagnosed with a…