Harnessing the strength of a natural process that repairs damage to the human genome, doctors at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, have helped establish a method of therapy that can correct mutations in the IL-2R gene that is associated with the immunodeficiency disease SCID.

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Harnessing the strength of a natural process that repairs damage to the human genome, doctors at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, have helped establish a method of therapy that can correct mutations in the IL-2R gene that is associated with the immunodeficiency disease SCID. Children with SCID are unable to fight off infections and must...