First-ever therapy for rare genetic disease in babies to save lives on the NHS
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First-ever therapy for rare genetic disease in babies to save lives on the NHS

Byangie vallejo

Babies and toddlers with a rare and fatal genetic condition can now receive a life-saving treatment on the NHS for the first time.   Sebelipase alfa (Kanuma®), an enzyme replacement therapy, will become the first treatment available on the NHS for Wolman disease, a condition which presents in babies and children under two years old….

Babies in the womb have lizard-like hand muscles
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Babies in the womb have lizard-like hand muscles

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49876827 By Michelle RobertsHealth editor, BBC News online Babies in the womb have extra lizard-like muscles in their hands that most will lose before they are born, medical scans reveal. They are probably one of the oldest, albeit fleeting, remnants of evolution seen in humans yet, biologists say, in the…