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Hospital having stem cells removed from her blood — the first stage of a ground—breaking gene therapy. 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 then really sad on the other sense, though. two months later, teddi's personalised therapy, called libmeldy, is ready. scientists have added a working copy of the faulty gene which causes mld to teddi's cells. wow. cells. the magic cells. they're your cells. libmeldy costs more than £2.8 milli...

Groundbreaking gene therapy. so when they told us that there was treatment available for teddi, it was kind of like a bit of a bitter pill to swallow, because nala can't be helped. so, you know, we're extremely grateful in one sense and then really sad on the other sense, though. two months later, teddi�*s personalised therapy called libmeldy, is ready. scientists have added a working copy of the faulty gene which causes mld to teddi�*s cells. wow! the magic cells. they're your cells. libmeldy costs more than £2.8 million, though the nhs has agreed a confidential discount. this one—off ...

You don't really know what to say or what to think, really. nala's mld had progressed too far for her to be treated. but it meant the condition was picked up in her sister teddi, before damage was done. she's at royal manchester children's hospital, having stem cells removed from her blood. the first stage of a groundbreaking gene therapy. so when they told us that there was treatment available for teddi, it was kind of like a bit of a bitter pill to swallow, because nala can't be helped. so, you know, we're extremely grateful in one sense and then really sad on the other sense, though. two mo...