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Lancaster County Doc’s Story of Amish Sisters Helped by Genetic Medicine gets National Attention

Lancaster, Pennsylvania – A Lancaster County doctor’s account of how genetic medicine helped an Amish family has caught the attention of the national scientific community.

Dr. Kevin A. Strauss, medical director of the Strasburg-based Clinic for Special Children, used pseudonyms to tell Scientific American the story of Esther, who was born with Omenn syndrome, a rare and lethal condition.

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