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Parents of child with rare genetic disorder lose life support appeal
BMJ 2017; 357 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j2600 (Published 26 May 2017) Cite this as: BMJ 2017;357:j2600
- Clare Dyer
- The BMJ
The parents of a baby with a rare genetic disorder have lost their appeal against a High Court ruling that it would be against the child’s best interests to go to the US for experimental treatment.
Chris Gard and Connie Yates raised £1.3m (€1.5m; $1.7m) through crowdfunding to take their nine month old son Charlie, who has mitochondrial DNA depletion …
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