Crispr Gene Editing Therapy Made Available on NHS

The treatment has a list price of £1.6 million and will be offered to people suffering from a genetic blood disorder often resulting from inter-cousin marriage. A treatment using the Crispr gene editing tool has become the first of its kind to be approved for NHS use, to treat patients with a rare, inherited blood disorder often found in those born of inter-cousin marriages. Hundreds of people living in England with a life-limiting blood disorder could be in line to receive the treatment, which has a list price of over...