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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jane Kirby

UNBELIEVABLE: Toddler with rare deadly condition is first to be cured using world s most expensive gene therapy on nhs | History Defined

via PA

A 19-month-old girl has become the first child in the UK to receive a revolutionary gene therapy for a fatal disorder.

Teddi Shaw suffers from deadly metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) but has been given the chance of a normal life, thanks to one of the world’s most expensive drugs.

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