Research Spotlight · Genomic Medicine A six-year-old…

Research Spotlight · Genomic Medicine A six-year-old child. A rare genetic disease. A CRISPR treatment designed specifically for that child's mutation, not a one-size-fits-all edit, but a truly personalised genetic intervention. It happened. And it worked. This case, reported in 2025 and now shaping the 2026 research agenda, represents a turning point in what we mean by precision medicine. Not precision in the sense of better-targeted drugs. Precision in the literal sense, a treatment written for one patient's ge