Alyssa Tapley
Alyssa Tapley is a British teenager who made headlines for being the first patient in the world to receive a life-saving treatment using base editing, a revolutionary gene editing technique. After her leukaemia treatment options had failed, doctors utilized genetically modified T-cells to effectively target and destroy her cancer cells, resulting in her complete remission, showcasing the potential of advanced gene therapies in treating genetic diseases.
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Alyssa Tapley, a 13-year-old from Leicester, was treated using base editing after other treatments failed.
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