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Six-year-old Saffie couldn't see in the dark. Then gene therapy rewrote her DNA — and light came flooding in. Science didn't just treat her blindness. It gave a child back the wonder of seeing. Some magic is real. It lives in our code. ✨🧬
Inspired by: https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-17-of-2026/ — Six-year-old Saffie Sandford has sight restored by Luxturna gene therapy for Leber's congenital amaurosis at Great Ormond Street Hospital