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FDA OKs first gene therapy for hereditary disease

TheFDAhasapprovedanewgenetherapythatprovesthetechniquecanalsobeusedtotreatavarietyofdiseasesotherthancancer.Accordingtotheagency'sannouncement,thetherapycalledL

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Preterm children face greater risk of retinal detachment later in life: study

Children born extremely prematurely face up to a 19 times greater risk of retinal detachment later in life than peers born at term, a study in the U. S. journal Ophthalmology said Thursday.