A toddler is thriving after doctors in the U.S. and Canada used a novel technique to treat her before she was born for a rare genetic disease that caused the deaths of two of her sisters.
A toddler is thriving after doctors used a novel technique to treat her before she was born for a rare genetic disease that caused the deaths of two of her sisters.
Doctors have treated fetuses before birth for three decades, often with surgery to repair birth defects such as spina bifida. “The innovation was treating earlier and treating while still in utero,” a dcctor said.