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Participant’s Diagnosis Halts Gene Therapy Clinical Trial
The FDA pauses the research program on a lentivirus-based treatment for a rare neurological condition after a patient developed a bone marrow disorder that could presage leukemia.
Participant’s Diagnosis Halts Gene Therapy Clinical Trial
Participant’s Diagnosis Halts Gene Therapy Clinical Trial

The FDA pauses the research program on a lentivirus-based treatment for a rare neurological condition after a patient developed a bone marrow disorder that could presage leukemia.

The FDA pauses the research program on a lentivirus-based treatment for a rare neurological condition after a patient developed a bone marrow disorder that could presage leukemia.

mutations, genetics & genomics, neuroscience

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