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A New Gene Therapy Cure Just Treated Its First-Ever Patient
by Karla Lant
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Rarefied Cures
A New Gene Therapy Cure Just Treated Its First-Ever Patient
Loving what I am seeing from Gene therapy! So much more we can do to make life easier for people that suffer.
by Karla Lant
Getty
Rarefied Cures
This March, child with severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) became the second commercial gene therapy patient ever. The patient started receiving a drug called Strimvelis from GlaxoSmithKline — a drug that appears to be able to cure the rare, inherited immune disorder SCID. The drug was approved for use in commercial gene therapy in May of 2016, but delays beset the process. Most of the delays — according to MIT Technology Review‘s report of comments from the Strimvelis project leader — were the result of difficulties traversing national borders and arranging for reimbursement.
A New Gene Therapy Cure Just Treated Its First-Ever Patient
Loving what I am seeing from Gene therapy! So much more we can do to make life easier for people that suffer.