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Within just a fortnight, Rhys’ immune system was beginning to respond. Rhys will require follow-up for the rest of his life in order to check on his progress. Nonetheless, the signs to date have been highly encouraging.
“We were ecstatic about his progress,” said Professor Thrasher. “We’d been working on the technique for years in the lab, and it was great to take that work into the clinic and see therapeutic success.”
2001 Rhys Evans becomes the first child in the UK to recieve gene therapy at the hospital.
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