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Gene Therapy Holds Hope for Disease

By Valerie Silverman

In the budding field of gene-therapy, a number of diseases and areas of the body have undergone tests and treatment — but not, until recently, the brain.Canavan patients are the first human beings to receive gene therapy in the brain, and not only has this new form of gene therapy greatly surpassed past efforts at such treatment in CanavanRead More







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