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Form Time | Relationships and health | Science | Theory of knowledge

Boy ‘defies odds’ with new gene therapy

Ground-breaking research: Oliver Chu, known as Ollie, is the first of five young children with Hunter syndrome, medically known as Mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPS II), to be part of the Central Manchester University Hospital study.

Will it change the face of medicine? A revolutionary new treatment has saved one little boy’s life. Now some hope it might save others — and even end genetic disorders forever.