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Infant With Incurable Disease is First to Successfully Receive Personalized Gene Therapy Treatment

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KJ was born with a rare metabolic disease known as severe carbamoyl phosphate synthetase deficiency (CPS1) After spending the first several months of his life in the hospital on a very restrictive diet, KJ received the first dose of his unique therapy in February .

The treatment was safely administered, and he is now growing and thriving.

Researchers knew that finding new ways to treat patients who are too young and small to receive liver transplants would be life-changing for families.

“We’re so excited to be able to finally be together at home, so that KJ can be with his siblings, and we can finally take a deep breath,” said his father, Kyle Muldoon .

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