At 13, Alyssa Tapley was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. When treatments failed, doctors told her she was going to die. “I said, ‘Please don’t give up on me because I haven’t done anything with my life.’ I felt like I hadn’t achieved anything. I’m just going to be this kid who died because of cancer,” says Tapley. She became the first human to try an experimental, gene-edited treatment made possible by U.S. federal funding. Now 16, she vividly remembers the day her doctor told her the ex

After leukemia treatments failed, Alyssa Tapley, at age 13, was told she would die. Then, doctors tried an experimental gene-edited therapy. She became the first human to try the treatment made possible by U.S. federal funding. Now 16, she’s cancer-free and planning her future. https://cbsn.ws/4oTVCS6 | 60 Minutes

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