TGen teams up with Scottsdale family to take on rare childhood disease

SCOTTSDALE – Wylder Laffoon was just seven months old when his parents, Steven and Shannon Laffoon, learned their son had a rare, genetic disease that meant he would not live past age 3. Wylder died when he was three years old in July 2012 of Niemann-Pick Type A, but his legacy lives on through the Wylder Nation Foundation. His parents founded the nonprofit to support doctors and researchers who are trying to find a cure for the disease. “The mission is to improve the lives of children diagnosed…
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