{
  "id": 15993116,
  "title": "Abu Dhabi Gene Therapy frees father from decades of Thalassaemia struggles",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/abu-dhabi-gene-therapy-frees-father-from-decades-of-thalassaemia",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-22T03:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/uae/abu-dhabi/abu-dhabi-gene-therapy-frees-father-from-decades-of-thalassaemia-struggles-1.500719034"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Abu Dhabi: For most of his adult life, Fahad, a 43-year-old, could count the weeks to his next blood transfusion. Now, after gene therapy in Abu Dhabi, he has stopped counting. Living with Thalassaemia, an inherited blood disorder, was never easy for him, but that was the only life he ever knew. “Since childhood, my life revolved around blood transfusions, medications, and hospital visits,” he…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}