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    the lives of the next generation of children. Human genetic engineering can save people's lives now and could save more in the future. According to a New Scientist article (Le Page, 2015), Layla was three months when she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, a kind of cancer in the bone marrow. She underwent other treatments like chemotherapy, but those failed so she underwent gene therapy by using the TALEN protein to edit her genes to produce a cancer fighting T cell called UCRAT19;

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    will describe the pathophysiological condition, symptom, current best practice and treatment of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL). Four types of leukaemia Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) – With this type of leukaemia, a patient’s myeloid cells get affected and develop rapidly. Leukemic blast cells develop in the bone marrow and blood. It is more common in adults (McKenna, 2000). Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL) - Patient’s with ALL have lymphoid cells affected and it grows rapidly. It is more

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    Introduction This assignment focuses on a case study; Jenny Coste. She is a nine-year-old girl who is in remission from acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (School of Nursing and Midwifery 2014). She has been diagnosed with community acquired right middle lobe pneumonia (School of Nursing and Midwifery 2014). To integrate theory and practise, a sim scenario occurred where Jenny Coste developed an adverse drug reaction to her antibiotic, cefotaxime. The antibiotic was stopped immediately and a number of

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    Kicker, a 3 year-old boy, who has never been to a doctor, never received any type of shot or poke, eaten a clean, nutrient dense diet throughout his short three years and never had anything toxic on his skin, was sitting in the cold hospital room waiting for news of a diagnosis. Nurses came in and out of the waiting room, bringing in needles, advice, paperwork and machines. All of which were intimidating to a 3 year-old and his mother, Season, who happened to be a holistic nutritionist. A nurse came

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