Scientists replace skin of 'butterfly child' with rare genetic disease - CNN

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Scientists replace skin of 'butterfly child' with rare genetic disease CNN (CNN) For the first time, doctors were able to treat a child who had a life-threatening rare genetic skin disease through a transplant of skin grown using genetically modified stem cells. The grafts replaced 80% of the boy's skin. The skin of his arms ... Genetically modified skin grown from stem cells saved a 7-year-old boy's lifeWashington Post Boy with rare disease gets new skin with gene therapySumter Item Gene Therapy Skin Grafts Save Boy With Rare DiseaseNBCNews.com New York Times -NPR -Los Angeles Times -BBC News all 163 news articles »

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