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The Whites chose to have the treatment done at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\">Ä¢¹½´«Ã½<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urmc.rochester.edu\">Medical Center<\/a>, due to the strengths of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urmc.rochester.edu\/clinical-translational-science-institute\/about\/research-services-branch\/clinical-research-center.aspx\">Clinical Research Center<\/a> in conducting experimental gene therapy trials. 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