The 11-Year-Old Girl Who Became Britain’s First Patient for a Sight-Saving Gene Therapy

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UK girl becomes first patient to receive retinal gene therapy for Bardet-Biedl syndrome

Catherine Became the First UK Patient

Her Condition Was Diagnosed Within Weeks

Her Vision Had Already Begun Deteriorating

The Therapy Targets One Specific Mutation

Surgeons Injected Healthy Gene Copies

Only One Eye Was Treated

The Goal Is Preservation, Not Perfect Sight

Another Teenager Received It First

Early Feedback Has Been Encouraging

Catherine Hopes to Keep Reading

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