Peter Attia· MD
so Jesse had a genetic disease uh he was a young kid I think 14 15 years old 16 maybe um he was a young kid um and uh you know I've interviewed his father I interviewed uh I've had a very very moving interview with his with his father um but nonetheless Jesse was a young kid he um had a a defect in an enzyme uh which uh is related to the processing of ammonia um and uh ammonia-related substances in in the body um and so um uh the idea back then um and we're now talking uh uh I think it's about 22 years ago yes about 2 000 yeah yeah two thousands um at at the University of Pennsylvania the idea was that if they could create a virus uh which would then go to Jesse's liver um and start making this the correct version of the gene um then the uh then Jesse's disease would be ameliorated