These Families Raised Millions To Fund Treatment For Their Kids' Genetic Disorders. It Hasn't Happened.
KCUR Kim and Nate Fry of Kansas City, Missouri, are raising money to fund research on a treatment for a rare genetic disorder that affects their son, Charlie. The growing trend of family-funded research concerns some medical ethicists, who say that suggestions to parents that treatments may be imminent can raise thorny ethical issues. Over the last several years, parents from across the country have appeared on television and news outlets to raise money to develop treatments for their children with rare genetic disorders. Many of these families, including one from Kansas City, Missouri, have...