Gene Therapy Revolution

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00:00:02.240 | How many of you are short on sleep?

00:00:03.840 | Every one of you, raise your hands, come on.

00:00:05.500 | So there is a rare mutation that happens in patients.

00:00:07.440 | These are people walking amongst us.

00:00:09.000 | We have a mutation in a gene called DEC2.

00:00:11.160 | These patients only need four hours of sleep a night

00:00:13.440 | to be completely rested the same way that we have

00:00:15.800 | the need for eight to nine hours of sleep a night.

00:00:18.920 | You interested in getting this gene therapy?

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00:00:21.960 | We could do this today.

00:00:23.800 | We haven't yet, but we could do this today.

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