Breaking News: A baby with a rare disorder made medical history by receiving the first custom gene-editing treatment. The technique used has the potential to help people with thousands of other uncommon genetic diseases. https://nyti.ms/4j49xBy
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The last five paragraphs of the article are basically, "btw, the government did this! If Trump has his way there are no more miracle cures! Aaaggh! Why are you cutting funding! Aaaagh!!!"
Don’t forget that if Trump does put a stop to their research in the US, they’ll probably just move to the EU, UK or the like to continue. The US might lose out, but I’m confident we’ll still see these advances continue
This is the sort of thing Democrats should be printing and sending as mailers to red states. It's so easy and it's so cheap. Government funding saved this baby! The government can do right.
It’s a very rare genetic disease; the colour of the baby is not relevant. This technique will become available to babies worldwide now it’s been successful.
Musk has zero power and does not add or take away anything from anyone in US Politics. The decisions are made by the guy on the right along with his Admin team. Stop making out Musk has Political power…. He does not.
He has some power because he’s the mastermind behind importing all those well fed white Africans into America as “refugees” because Julius Malema hurt their precious feelings.
I’m afraid to say that South Africa is fast becoming the blood bath of Africa as Rhodesia was decades ago.
I seem to remember White Farmers feeding that nation until mass amounts were Murdered by Black vigilante groups. The country began to starve. Watch this space.
Musk walked into Federal agencies with a few college kids in tow, forced his way into the deepest parts and was able to put hands on their server equipment and data. That is power no matter what it's justification is.
Employed? He paid $30million to Trump's campaign to buy that "job". And the first agencies he went after were all the ones that had open investigations against him and his companies.
Generals actually do AND CEO’S have the final say within their business.. get it right.
Musk was not elected so has ZERO power to make change himself 
Musk has significant influence - that is power. And he walks out of US politics with less investigations into his affairs and more government contracts. Facts.
Wow! Trump & his destroyers will be putting a stop to that, unless it benefits them or their families. They have no problem with science and vaccines for themselves because it helps them, but no science or proven treatments for anyone else. This Trump Regime isn’t even human. Cruel greedy bastards.
My 10 year old has BBSOAS (genetic) which means she's intellectually and developmentally disabled. This gives me hope until I realize the cunts who are running the show now.
Dr. Peter Marks, was the Food and Drug Administration official overseeing gene-therapy regulation until he recently resigned because of RFKJr. The Trump Regime is also cutting research funding. This is not possible without science and research!
RFK voice
“That poor baby will get autism now. They could have just cured him with some smegma and windex. Now excuse me while I go drink some battery acid.”
If we cut research funding, would this be possible? I doubt it if the researchers and\or university have differing political views than the current administration.
According to the article this is highly experimental because the baby would have died anyway. We need more research so that we can help other children.
Amazing advancement that will hopefully help millions. So happy for the family. Hopefully stories like these will help at least some people see the amazing, life-saving, impact that federally funded research can lead to.
Now. If we can keep the anti intellectual anti science anti medicine Trump administration at bay maybe more than 1 baby will benefit. Don’t hold your breath.
Would you not do anything for your children?
RFKJr fired a bunch of scientists associated with the National Institute of Health and then took his grandkids to go swim in toilet water.
I know! What cracks me up is that most of us will probably outlive him RFK Jr anyway. I mean, he's my age and I used to party a lot back when I was young and cute too but for all his claims of health, he looks half dead already. Putting others lives in his hands is just crazy.
Lol, and he thinks he's a Kennedy. I haven't seen any pics of the kids in the water but standing on the side. Most kids are pretty savvy nowadays and can recognize a poser when they see one.
I do cheer on the advancement of science, knowledge, and tech. But I’m always worried about many things surrounding them. Misuse of such, too high optimism only to face some nasty problems (even AI has serious issues), even surrounding society such as what was described in GATTACA. …
Again, I don’t oppose it. I just think in the wider scope of things overall. And knowing Humanity in general, I know how things may easily go wrong as much as they can go right.
Shouldn’t Vitamin A and feces and waste filled saline fix the disease? The US Fed gov clearly thinks so. :/
Maybe the gene therapy will cause Autism and the child will STILL be worthless according to the US Fed gov.
Of course, the US Fed gov will ALSO say the child isn’t disabled. No SSDI for you!
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On a more serious note, congratulations to the family. Great news.
Kiss that miracle of modern science & medicine goodbye.
This administration likes its children sick, dead, or starving.
All unnecessarily
Thanks, I'll probably be one of them, & some folks you may know as well
With all due respect, you may be able to wait it out.
Many won't be.
I'll stand by my statement.
My point was simply how the new cuts will directly impact most the ones who desperately need it
Your science take is noted & understood.
But again, with respect, in my opinion it's frankly moot.
No one I mentioned will benefit from it in the current swing of hacksaw cuts.
That is what I was addressing.
RFK preferes bloodletting and leaches.
They won't, though.
Wouldn't Sean Hannity agree that that's a great replacement? It's not just theory, it's practice.
I seem to remember White Farmers feeding that nation until mass amounts were Murdered by Black vigilante groups. The country began to starve. Watch this space.
Dickriding Musk isn’t gonna get you noticed by him. Maybe try boot licking.
Musk was not elected so has ZERO power to make change himself 
Transphobic shitlibbery
Dr. Peter Marks, was the Food and Drug Administration official overseeing gene-therapy regulation until he recently resigned because of RFKJr. The Trump Regime is also cutting research funding. This is not possible without science and research!
“That poor baby will get autism now. They could have just cured him with some smegma and windex. Now excuse me while I go drink some battery acid.”
Treatments that only elites can benefit from are treatments the world as a whole is better off without.
what idiots they are.
or maybe they do it in hopes of making all but a few rich oligarchs sick and dependent.
Not without scientists
The story is beautiful
what other things are they doing?
#PlayingGod
The Nazis did.....🤷
#DOGEKills
RFKJr fired a bunch of scientists associated with the National Institute of Health and then took his grandkids to go swim in toilet water.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/may/04/maga-soft-eugenics
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/rfk-jr-swimming-grandchildren-contaminated-rock-creek-dc-bacteria-rcna206416
Maybe the gene therapy will cause Autism and the child will STILL be worthless according to the US Fed gov.
Of course, the US Fed gov will ALSO say the child isn’t disabled. No SSDI for you!