A parent will do whatever it takes to save their child’s life.
For Rob and Cindy Harris, it means having a second baby to cure their nine-month-old son, Ryven, of a disease that will slowly kill him. In what doctors believe is a medical world-first, a team at Sydney IVF clinic, Genea, have developed a test to produce a healthy embryo to be implanted into Mrs Harris.
It’s hoped the newborn’s cord blood will help rid little Ryven of Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome (WAS) – a rare, inherited condition that weakens the body’s immune system.
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Additional Resources:
- “Gene therapy using HIV helps children with fatal diseases, study says,” Los Angeles Times
- “Should you bank your baby’s cord blood or donate it?” Dallas News
- Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, Genetics Home Reference
