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Daily briefing: Custom-made gene-editing therapy for children to enter clinical trial Article Date: 03 November 2025Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03619-yArticle Image: https://media.nature.com/lw767/magazine-assets/d41586-025-03619-y/d41586-025-03619-y_50978808.jpg Summary Researchers are preparing to trial a personalised base-editing therapy…
