Father seeks access to life-saving gene therapy for Irish children

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Father seeks access to life-saving gene therapy for Irish children
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'We're the only family in the country who's received this therapy and the benefits are black and white to us.'

"Cathal was six when he died, that was two years ago.

"They take out the bone marrow stem cells, they do some genetic engineering on them and they reintroduce them to the body. "The next stage of the process is that individual countries within Europe assess the treatment and the cost of it," he said."France, Italy, Germany, the UK, Poland, Austria - all these countries have agreed to fund and provide this treatment for their citizens because it's life-saving".

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