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Personalised medicine made in hospitals can revolutionise the way diseases are treated – the challenge now will be implementing it

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par Irina Brass, Associate Professor in Regulation, Innovation and Public Policy, UCL
Edison Bicudo, Research Fellow Biopharmaceutical Regulation, UCL
Penny Carmichael, Policy Adviser, Faculty of Engineering Science, UCL

Imagine a patient with a rare genetic disorder that makes their arms and legs have imprecise and slow movements. For years, the patient has faced serious restrictions in day-to-day life. They tried several treatments, but all have failed to ease the symptoms.

Now imagine a university team discovering a therapy that could tackle this condition, with a solution that lies in the patient’s own body. The patient’s blood would be collected, some key cells would be separated in a laboratory, gene-editing techniques would be applied, and personalised medicine, produced with specialised equipment,…

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