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.
Also, the woman in Ethiopia who has given birth to quintuplets. Bedriya Adem had been trying to conceive for 12 years. She says her five babies are a 'blessing'.
Plus, the beloved natural history presenter, David Attenborough turns 100. Why childhood musicians make better surgeons, the human choir singing with whales, and find out how four grandmothers become friends with a professional wrestler in Las Vegas.
Presenter: Holly Gibbs
Music: Iona Hampson
Image credit: PA
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