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First gene therapy for deadly form of muscular dystrophy gets FDA approval for young children

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First gene therapy for deadly form of muscular dystrophy gets FDA approval for young children

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Science@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago

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The treatment from Sarepta Therapeutics was approved Thursday for children ages 4 and 5 with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare muscle-wasting disease that causes early death.

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I hope it really works. Muscular dystrophy is such a bag of dicks. Poor kids.

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