One of a Kind

Seth Mnookin reports the story of how one couple, Matt Might and Cristina Casanova, worked with researchers to diagnose their son’s disease and connect with other families whose children also had the same genetic disorder. Mnookin’s story also exposes some of the problems within the cloistered research community. We featured Might’s story about his search to diagnose his son’s disease in 2012.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Jul 17, 2014
Length: 24 minutes (6,198 words)
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