A toddler with a deadly genetic disorder has been saved by £3million gene therapy treatment on the NHS – but sadly it is too late for her sister.
Little Teddi Shaw has become the first NHS patient to receive the treatment for metachromatic leukodystrophy, a rare condition that ravages a child’s organs and nervous system.
The 19-month-old was diagnosed with MLD last April, at the same time as three-year-old sister Nala.
