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From: "George Smith" <>
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Subject: "British baby given world's first gene cure" (headline)
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 11:21:45 -0800

> Scientists have heralded the achievement as the start of a new era in
medicine. In the future, rather   > than treating symptoms, doctors could
rewrite the DNA blueprint for life.

> Dr Graham Davies, a consultant paediatric immunologist at Great Ormond
Street who is Shah's        > doctor, said: "This is the first clear
demonstration that gene therapy has corrected a condition."

Read the complete story at following URL:

http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/1999/12/26/stinwenws02012.html?
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