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Media coverage
Title Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital patient ‘doing well’ after receiving world-first gene therapy treatment for life-limiting genetic condition Media name/outlet Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 5/11/19 Description A child with a life-limiting condition, who was the first person in the world to receive a pioneering gene therapy, is ‘doing well’ almost 10 months on from treatment.
The Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital (RMCH) patient was two-years-old when he received the new investigational treatment for the genetic condition, Mucopolysaccharidosis IIIA (MPSIIIA), in January 2019.URL https://research.cmft.nhs.uk/news-events/royal-manchester-childrens-hospital-patient-doing-well-after-receiving-world-first-gene-therapy-treatment-for-life-limiting-genetic-condition Persons Brian Bigger