He was born with a rare genetic condition called chronic granulomatous disease.

Yeah, so basically, it's just like a genetic condition that I, I was born with that makes it so my white blood cells couldn't fight off certain infections.

Like a day-to-day symptom I had was like I'd get lots of sores in my mouth that would just pop up randomly, and they're just, like infinitely hard to get rid of.

But the main concern was, like random life-threatening infections, basically out of the blue.

But in a world where the future can sometimes feel a little murky, stories like Ty's are a pretty remarkable reminder of what science can make possible and why there's still plenty of reason to be hopeful.

My life has changed in a lot of ways.

Uh, I don't have to worry about infections.

I can go out in nature and play, play dirty in nature.

How did that happen?

So I was cured through, uh, a new gene editing technology called prime editing.

Basically, like, Dr. Turby had brought up this trial to me and my family around October of, of last year.

Not last year, the year before last year, I guess.

And we heard about it before, but we were kinda on the fence 'cause it was new.

But eventually we decided to go with it.

And then the actual curing process was about March to May I was in the hospital.

How did they tell you that you had been cured of this disease?