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A gene therapy called ELEVIDYS is helping young boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy maintain their ability to walk, run, and stand years after a single treatment. Three years after receiving the therapy, treated children showed 70% less decline in muscle function compared to untreated children.
Children born completely deaf are hearing whispers for the first time thanks to an experimental gene therapy that has shown remarkable success in the largest study of its kind. The treatment could become the first FDA-approved gene therapy for deafness within months.
A therapist noticed runners open up more easily while moving, sparking a growing trend in outdoor therapy sessions. Walk-and-talk therapy combines mental health support with the proven benefits of nature and exercise.
Children born with epidermolysis bullosa, a painful genetic disorder causing skin to blister at the slightest touch, now have real treatment options for the first time. Three new FDA-approved therapies are healing wounds that doctors could only bandage before.
A Kansas City hospital will multiply its capacity to deliver breakthrough cell and gene therapies that can cure diseases with a single treatment. The expansion promises to bring life-changing care closer to home for families across the Midwest.
Volunteer therapy dogs are providing emotional support to young patients and their families at Phoenix Children's Hospital. The four-legged visitors help ease anxiety and bring moments of joy during difficult hospital stays.
Children as young as 2 can now access a breakthrough gene therapy that could eliminate the need for lifelong blood transfusions. The FDA just expanded approval of Casgevy, a one-time CRISPR treatment that edits a patient's own cells to fight sickle cell disease.
Researchers at USC are using AI to fast-track lifesaving cell and gene therapies for children with rare diseases, transforming how treatments reach the smallest patient populations. The new framework could help families access cutting-edge cures months or even years sooner.
A one-week-old baby received groundbreaking gene therapy for a fatal disease just days after FDA approval, transforming what doctors once called a "death sentence" into a life full of possibility. Today, 10-month-old Samuel is crawling, smiling, and showing no signs of the disease that would have confined him to a wheelchair.
UnityPoint Health in Dubuque now offers a specialized physical therapy program that helps young people with scoliosis avoid surgery. The first program of its kind in the tri-state area gives local families access to treatment that previously required traveling to Iowa City, Chicago, or beyond.
Boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy are showing sustained improvements three years after receiving Elevidys gene therapy, demonstrating the treatment can slow progression of this muscle-wasting disease. The results offer hope to families facing a condition that typically causes rapid physical decline around age 9.
A rare muscle disease that once offered families almost no hope now has multiple new treatments helping kids stay stronger longer. Gene therapies and innovative medications are changing what's possible for children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
Scientists are building a system to make life-saving gene therapy accessible to the 400 million people living with rare diseases worldwide. The new Center for Therapeutic Genetics wants to turn custom genetic medicine into a standardized procedure that can help patient after patient.
Scientists prevented a life-threatening brain condition in newborn mice using RNA therapy, reducing cases by 67%. The breakthrough could spare thousands of babies from risky brain surgery each year.
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Children as young as two can now receive a groundbreaking gene therapy that offers a potential cure for sickle cell disease. The FDA's approval of Casgevy marks a historic expansion that could prevent irreversible damage before it starts.
Children born deaf are now hearing and speaking for the first time, thanks to a breakthrough gene therapy that reversed a rare inherited form of deafness. The treatment's effects have lasted up to 2.5 years, the longest follow-up yet reported.
Nemours Children's Hospital in Wilmington can now offer a groundbreaking one-time gene therapy that could give children with sickle cell disease a chance at a transformed life. The FDA-approved treatment addresses the root genetic cause of the disease that affects 100,000 Americans and shortens life expectancy by more than 20 years.
A breakthrough cancer treatment delivers radiation with pinpoint accuracy, sparing healthy tissue while attacking tumors. The University of Kansas Cancer Center is leading research that could transform how millions receive radiation therapy.
Veterans with combat PTSD saw significant symptom reduction using MRI-guided brain stimulation in a clinical trial. This non-invasive treatment could offer new hope for those who haven't found relief with traditional therapy.
Maurizio started therapy at 70 for lifelong migraines and discovered something far more valuable than a cure. Growing evidence shows older adults benefit just as much from therapy as younger people, yet only 4% are getting help.
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