Science

A Man Gets His Genes Edited, and Science Waits With Bated Breath

It’s Really Happening

Brian Madeux suffers from Hunter’s syndrome, a genetic disease that prevents his body from getting rid of carbohydrates. An experimental therapy might just cure him.

In this photo taken Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, Brian Madeux, 44, starts to receive the first human gene editing therapy for Hunter syndrome, as his girlfriend Marcie Humphrey, left, applauds at the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in Oakland, Cal.
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