Apr 14, 2021
Gene therapy offers hope to those with ultra-rare genetic illnesses
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, neuroscience
The reality is Benny and Josh both have Canavan disease, a fatal inherited brain disorder. They are buckled into wheelchairs, don’t speak, and can’t control their limbs.
On Thursday, April 8, in Dayton, Ohio, Landsman and his family rolled the older boy, Benny, into a hospital where over several hours, neurosurgeons drilled bore holes into his skull and injected trillions of viral particles carrying the correct version of a gene his body is missing.