Family fights for access to lifesaving drug for infant

A Colorado family is in a race against time to secure access to an experimental drug that’s keeping their infant son alive.

Gilbert Dryden was born with Barth syndrome — an ultra-rare genetic condition that affects only one in 300,000 births, almost exclusively boys.

The disease compromises the mitochondria — the energy-producing structures in nearly every cell — and can lead to heart failure, even in infancy…

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