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New UK collaboration provides hope of gene therapy for liver condition
A new collaboration between Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI) and Bloomsbury Genetic Therapies Limited (Bloomsbury), a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in the UK, could see a novel gene therapy for a devastating genetic liver metabolic condition enter clinical trials within months – providing hope for children who currently have to undergo liver transplantation to survive.…
World first trial for kids with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Exciting news today about the world-first delivery of a gene therapy at Westmead.
Cost of going blind calculated for first time as $5.2m
Researchers have for the first time calculated the lifetime cost of living with an inherited eye disease in Australia as $5.2 million per person. Distressingly, a significant portion of the cost associated with the progressive loss of vision is absorbed by the individuals affected and their families, with over one-third of these costs being due…
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