A remarkable year in medical science

Need some good news for a change? This article at the BBC might cheer you up. I'll just note a few of the highlights:

Incurable diseases from sickle cell to haemophilia now look as though they can be treated. ...

The defect that causes the devastating degenerative disease Huntington's has been corrected in patients for the first time. ...

Doctors say they have achieved "mind-blowing" results in an attempt to rid people of haemophilia A. ...

A French teenager's sickle cell disease was reversed using a pioneering treatment to change his DNA. ...

Scientists have, for the first time, successfully freed embryos of a piece of faulty DNA that causes deadly heart disease to run in families.

It potentially opens the door to preventing 10,000 disorders that are passed down the generations.

The news isn't always bad. Happy Holidays, everyone!