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CRISPR Success in Leukaemia Treatment

Updated 2026-06-30 16:10 UTC 2 sources Positive

Alyssa Tapley, a 13-year-old with leukaemia, was saved by an experimental CRISPR base editing procedure after standard treatments failed.

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New Scientist

I’m the first person whose life was saved by CRISPR base editing

When standard leukaemia treatments failed, 13-year-old Alyssa Tapley was told she had only weeks left – but then she was offered an experimental procedure

2026-06-30 13:00 UTC

STAT News

Marburg outbreak is reported in Uganda, threatening to complicate Ebola response in region

Sources confirm to STAT that Marburg cases have been detected in western Uganda, adding another viral hemorrhagic fever outbreak in central Africa.

2026-06-30 15:58 UTC