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To find a cure for a rare genetic disease, doctor puts what seems like science fiction into practice

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by PBS | April 25, 2023
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Early in Dr. Fumihiko Urano’s career as a physician and researcher, while providing treatment for a 17-year-old boy who had an untreatable form of cancer, he found out about a rare degenerative and terminal disease known as Wolfram Syndrome and became inspired. 

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