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Genetically Altered Skin Saves A Boy Dying Of A Rare Disease

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Researchers grew sheets of genetically altered skin cells in the lab and used them to treat a boy with life-threatening epidermolysis bullosa. (CMR Unimore/Nature)
Researchers grew sheets of genetically altered skin cells in the lab and used them to treat a boy with life-threatening epidermolysis bullosa. (CMR Unimore/Nature)

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