Transcripts for BBCNEWS Bittersweet Medicine 20240604 20:36:

BBCNEWS Bittersweet Medicine June 4, 2024 20:36:00

can't make an enzyme. the job of that enzyme is to break down a really important chemical for how our brain functions and works. and so, it gradually builds up and builds up in the brain until this catastrophic point, usually by the age of two, where children start to lose, as i said, all of those abilities. but now, there's a treatment for children with mld — a form of gene therapy called libmeldy. it's a medicine which can help one of the shaws�* daughters, but not both. so when they told us that there was treatment available for teddi, it was, kind of, like, a bitter pill to swallow because nala can't be helped. so, you know, we're extremely grateful in one sense, and really sad on the other side, so... i can't really imagine

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