On Thanksgiving Day 1998, a geneticist called Donavon Decker and told him the lab had identified the gene that was causing his and his sisters’ muscles to slowly deteriorate. By the way, the geneticist added, this might be a good candidate for gene therapy. Decker called back every month until April, when the researcher finally put him in touch with …
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