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Could treating rare diseases before birth be the new standard? Researchers @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social , collaborating with the Dunlevie MFM Center, are testing in utero stem cell transplants for Fanconi anemia, potentially eliminating the need for postnatal chemo and radiation.

New hope for treating a rare genetic disease before birth

Stanford Medicine scientists are launching a clinical trial of prenatal transplants, using stem cells from the mother, to treat a rare genetic disease called Fanconi anemia before a baby is born.

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