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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

A pretty shit situation and a forced hand. Risk serious side effects rewriting DNA in the brain, or get seriously mentally disabled and die from a serious but simple genetic disease.

You're fucked both ways, might as well give it a chance. Devastating for parents and family, but it was the only option with a potential for happy ending.

I'm grateful we're even beginning to have an option for such a treatment to be possible, and has already saved a child prior to this