Young sisters with Batten disease pioneer drugs

Name: Young sisters with Batten disease pioneer drugs
Uploaded: 2018-01-22T15:32:37.000Z
Duration: 2 min 21 s
Description: Sisters Nicole and Jessica Rich are involved in trials of the new drug in London and in Germany.

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The family of two sisters with the degenerative condition Batten disease hope the new drug they are trialling will be made available through the NHS to all children who need it.

Nicole and Jessica Rich, from Newcastle, currently travel to Newcastle and Hamburg, in Germany, for treatment.

Tyne & Wear

22 January 2018