This is the first time such results have been achieved in both children and adult patients born with a specific type of ...

After spending over 300 days at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), 9-month-old KJ Muldoon has been released from the hospital after receiving personalized CRISPR gene editing ...

Nine-month-old KJ Muldoon is the first patient to successfully receive personalized CRISPR gene editing therapy. After 300 days in the hospital, baby KJ has returned home.

Nine-month-old KJ Muldoon is the first patient to successfully receive personalized CRISPR gene editing therapy. After 300 days in the hospital, baby KJ has returned home.

Editor’s note: On June 3, 2025, KJ Muldoon was discharged from the hospital and is now at home with his family. When a baby born in Philadelphia was announced as the first person to get a gene ...

The patient, a now-10-month-old boy named KJ, is the first person in the world to successfully receive a personalised gene-editing therapy.

KJ with his parents and siblings after first-of-its-kind personalized gene editing therapy –Credit: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia In a historic medical breakthrough, a child diagnosed ...

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In a historic medical breakthrough, a child diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder has been successfully treated with a customized CRISPR gene editing therapy by a team at Children’s Hospital of ...

In a historic medical breakthrough, a child diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder has been successfully treated with a customized CRISPR gene editing therapy by a team at Children’s Hospital of ...