STAT+: ‘We’re finally here’: Harvard graduate spearheads custom gene therapy for younger brother

Richard Horgan has waited for this moment for more than three years.

Last month, the Food and Drug Administration granted permission for his younger brother Terry, 27, who lives with muscular dystrophy, to receive a first-of-its-kind gene therapy that was tailor-made for his genetic mutation.

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