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Medicine New Drug Molecules Hold Promise For Treating Rare Inherited Terminal Childhood Disease (Medicine) 19 Dec 202019 Dec 2020 Scientists at the University of Exeter have identified a way to "rescue" cells that have genetically mutated, paving the way to a possible new treatment for rare terminal childhood illness…
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