First fully personalized CRISPR treatment given to a…

First fully personalized CRISPR treatment given to a 6-year-old. Insurance coverage ever?

Doctors administered the first fully personalized CRISPR treatment to a six-year-old patient in early 2026 — bespoke gene editing, dramatic reduction in medication need. Cost runs into seven figures per case. Is there any plausible path to insurance coverage at scale, or does this stay an N=1 frontier for a decade?

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