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Auckland trial eliminates angioedema symptoms for 10 patients

08:36 am on 25 January 2023

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Being given a whole new body might sound like something from a sci-fi movie - but a New Zealander says a new genetic treatment has felt just like that. 

Hereditary angioedema is a rare immune deficiency that causes random, disabling and potentially lethal swelling.  

It's estimated one in 50,000 people are living with the disorder.

But in Auckland, a world-first clinical trial has so far eradicated symptoms for the ten participants. 

Niva Chittock reports.