A patient on the trial says his life now feels 'completely normal', having grown up fearing getting hurt.
Elliott Mason was born unable to make enough of clotting factor IX, a crucial protein which helps to stop us bleeding
Elliott Mason, who was part of the trial which tested the therapy, says his life now feels "completely normal". It meant Elliott grew up "anxious of getting hurt", and teachers "wrapped me up in bubble wrap". The sport he wanted to play - rugby - was completely off limits.At one point, Elliott was having injections of factor IX every other day in order to prevent a deadly bleed.
The virus acts like a microscopic postman that delivers the blueprints to the liver, which then starts producing the clotting protein.He recalls being "astonished" to see the amount of factor IX in his blood go from only 1% of normal levels to normal.Elliott says the treatment has made his life "completely normal", without him having to worry how haemophilia could affect it
"My life is completely normal, there's nothing that I have to stop and think 'how might my haemophilia affect this?'.""We're very excited by the results," said Prof Chowdary.
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