Researchers have designed a new genetic therapy that could alleviate debilitating giant moles in a rare skin condition.
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute for Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children have designed a new genetic therapy that could alleviate debilitating giant moles in a rare skin condition.
Veronica Kinsler, Principal Group Leader of the Mosaicism and Precision Medicine Laboratory at the Crick, Professor of Paediatric Dermatology and Dermatogenetics at GOSH/UCL, and NIHR Research Professor, said:"CMN is physically and mentally challenging for children and adults living with this condition and for their families.
Jodi Whitehouse, CEO of Caring Matters Now, who helped to fund the research, said:"This breakthrough in finding a treatment for CMN could transform the lives of the families we support living with CMN. As someone who was born with CMN covering 70% of my body and having undergone 30+ operations in my childhood to try and remove the CMN because of the fear of melanoma, with no success, this news is awe-inspiring and exciting. It brings real hope to the lives of those living with CMN.
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