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The Happy Pod: 'Life changing' treatment restored my daughter's vision

Six-year-old Saffie would have gone completely blind by adulthood, if not for a groundbreaking gene therapy. Her mother says she is now "thriving" and the results "incredible".

Six-year-old Saffie would have gone completely blind by adulthood, if not for a groundbreaking gene therapy. Her mother says she is now "thriving" and the results have been "incredible". Saffie was treated at Great Ormond Street Hospital in the UK.

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Presenter: Holly Gibbs
Music: Iona Hampson

(Photo: Six-year-old Saffie wearing a hat smiling. Credit: PA)

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