This child was treated for a rare genetic disease while still in the womb
Left untreated, infantile-onset Pompe disease typically kills kids before age 2
![A photo of 16 month old Ayla Bashir sitting in her mothers lap](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/110922_eg_in-utero-treatment_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Shown here with her mother, Ayla Bashir, now 16 months old, is the first child treated for a rare genetic disorder called infantile-onset Pompe disease while still in her mother’s womb.
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