President Donald Trump has extended an offer of help in the case of Charlie Gard, a British baby kept on life support due to a rare illness.
Eleven-month-old Charlie has mitochondrial depletion syndrome. His body cannot produce all the energy it needs to run, so it slowly breaks down and ultimately fails, as there is no known cure. The baby is already suffering from brain damage.
Charlie’s parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, would like to try an experimental treatment in America that at present isn’t able to cure Charlie, but might recover to him a bit of brain function, while the disease progresses.
“If we can help little #CharlieGard, as per our friends in the U.K. and the Pope, we would be delighted to do so,” Trump tweeted.
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