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Gene Therapy Trial Cuts Seizures in Three Epilepsy Patients

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“Three people with epilepsy resistant to drug treatment saw the number of seizures they had per month fall by more than 90%, after gene-laden viruses were infused directly into their brains as part of an early-stage clinical trial. In each participant, the gene therapy was precisely targeted to a small patch of brain tissue that […] The post Gene Therapy Trial Cuts Seizures in Three Epilepsy Patients appeared first on Human Progress.

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