When Valerie Pappas Llauro's 5-year-old son Alexander was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy - a rare and fatal form of the genetic illness that primarily affects boys - doctors said her son's only treatment options were "steroids and hope." The steroids would help to slow down the muscle damage caused by his progressive disease, while the family held onto the hope that scientific research would lead to new treatments. After countless doctors told Pappas and her husband, Jorge Llauro, that nothing more could be done, the Los Angeles, California, couple found Stan Nelson, a brilliant researcher who has dedicated his...
- 5/24/2016
- by Tiare Dunlap, @tiaredunlap
- PEOPLE.com
When Valerie Pappas Llauro's 5-year-old son Alexander was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy - a rare and fatal form of the genetic illness that primarily affects boys - doctors said her son's only treatment options were "steroids and hope." The steroids would help to slow down the muscle damage caused by his progressive disease, while the family held onto the hope that scientific research would lead to new treatments. After countless doctors told Pappas and her husband, Jorge Llauro, that nothing more could be done, the Los Angeles, California, couple found Stan Nelson, a brilliant researcher who has dedicated his...
- 5/24/2016
- by Tiare Dunlap, @tiaredunlap
- PEOPLE.com
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