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    Dogs

    People operating on a dog.

    People Behind the Surgeries and the Lifesaving Procedures They Love

    Surgeons, animals, owners — and two complex surgeries with joyful results

    Progress toward a treatment for Krabbe disease (link is external)

    In one out of 100,000 infants, a mutation in the GALC gene causes an incurable, always fatal disorder known as infantile Krabbe disease, or globoid cell leukodystrophy. Most children with…