Pakistani Girl Recovers from Severe Thalassemia through Gene Therapy in Shanghai

Pakistani Girl Recovers from Severe Thalassemia through Gene Therapy in Shanghai

Shanghai (Xinhua News) – A four-year-old Pakistani girl, identified as Elsa, has successfully recovered from severe beta-thalassemia after receiving groundbreaking gene therapy at Fudan University’s Children’s Hospital in Shanghai. After over four months of treatment and observation, Elsa no longer requires regular blood transfusions and is returning to a normal life. Elsa arrived in Shanghai on January 8 and became the first foreign child — and…