HIV virus used to cure a genetic blood disorder

French researchers used a 'defanged' version of the virus to treat a boy with beta-thalassemia, which causes life-threatening anemia. There are plans to enroll another 10 patients for more studies.For the second time, researchers have used the HIV virus in gene therapy to cure a severe genetic disease, this time the blood disorder beta-thalassemia, which causes life-threatening anemia.

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