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GOSH patient receives world-first treatment for her ‘incurable’ T-cell leukaemia

January 23, 2023 by Leo

In May 2022, Alyssa, 13 from Leicester, became the first reported patient in the world to receive base-edited T-cells at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH), in collaboration with the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH), to treat her ‘incurable’ T cell leukaemia.

Source: GOSH patient receives world-first treatment for her ‘incurable’ T-cell leukaemia

From “incurable” to “now undetectable”. Amazing.

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