Arthur Morgan, who is five months old, was given the potentially life-saving one-off gene therapy called Zolgensma

A five-month-old baby has become the first patient in England treated with a potentially life-saving drug on the NHS that can prolong the lives of children with spinal muscular atrophy.

Arthur Morgan, who was diagnosed with the condition earlier this month, received the one-off gene therapy at Evelina London children’s hospital on 25 May.

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