After two children died of a rare disease and a total of four miscarriages, a woman gave birth to a baby boy in what experts are calling a 'revolutionary' medical event. The boy, now six-months-old, was conceived using a controversial fertility treatment meant to help people conceive who carry genes for rare diseases. The disease, in this case, is Leigh syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that's generally fatal. The mother is a carrier for the rare disease, and although she's healthy, her DNA holds a gene that is later passed on to her children. Leigh syndrome typically progresses quickly and leads…
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