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Doctors treat drug-resistant leukemia with 'gene editing'
Doctors at Britain's Great Ormond Street Hospital believe that they're on the cusp of a breakthrough in how to treat genetic diseases. Researchers have successfully -- so far -- implemented a method of editing genes that can seek out and eliminate conditions without the use of drugs. It's very early days as yet, but the procedure has already been used to save the life of a one-year-old with a terminal case of drug-resistant leukemia.
