Medicina

Epilessia infantile, prima terapia genica iniettata nel cervello

A otto mesi un bambino con epilessia infantile farmacoresistente riceve una terapia genica iniettata direttamente nel cervello.

Gianluca Riccio

A six-week-old infant lying on a clinical surface in a softly lit neonatal intensive care setting, rendered in a cinematic, editorial medical illustration style. In the foreground, a gloved hand holds a precision syringe near the base of a transparent anatomical model of a human skull, showing the cisterna magna cavity at the skull's base filled with luminous cerebrospinal fluid. Surrounding the skull model, delicate glowing strands of DNA spiral upward, with one strand visibly carrying a small luminous capsule representing an AAV9 viral vector. The viral vector is illustrated as a geometric, softly glowing sphere with a faint golden hue, navigating through stylized neural pathways that branch outward like a luminous tree into surrounding darkness. The background suggests a research laboratory blended with a hospital environment — sterile white surfaces, blue-toned ambient light, faint reflections. The overall mood is one of fragile hope and scientific precision: intimate, serious, and quietly extraordinary. Photorealistic medical illustration style with subtle cinematic lighting, deep blues and warm golds, shallow depth of field.

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