A two-and-a-half-year-old girl shows no signs of a rare genetic disorder, after becoming the first person to be treated with a gene-targeting drug while in the womb for spinal muscular atrophy, a motor neuron disease. The “baby has been effectively treated, with no manifestations of the condition.”
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Rare genetic disorder treated in womb for the first time
Nature - The child, who is now almost three years old, shows no signs of the often fatal motor neuron disease.
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Scientists built a 1-kg wearable robot that gamifies physical therapy (using virtual soccer) to help children with spinal muscular atrophy double their leg strength in 6 weeks.
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Wearable robot boosts strength of children with spinal muscular atrophy
Nature - The device helps muscle recovery in those receiving gene therapy for the rare neuromuscular condition.
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