Charlie Gard was diagnosed with an extremely rare form of a disease called mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome, believed to affect just over a dozen children worldwide. Sign Up You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services. Researchers at Columbia University have provided an experimental treatment to a child in Baltimore, Art Estopinan Jr., suffering from a similar but less severe form of the syndrome. “Everyone told me the same thing: There is no medication, there is no cure,” Mr. Estopinan said. Mr. Estopinan said with treatment, his son has slowly but steadily become stronger.

Source: New York Times July 06, 2017 23:44 UTC