Ground-breaking clinical trial offers hope for Toronto boy diagnosed with rare genetic disorder

After Michael Pirovolakis was diagnosed with a rare genetic disease as a toddler, his family raised $3 million, funding gene therapy in a groundbreaking clinical trial where the four-year-old is the only participant. Guest host Michelle Shephard talks to Michael’s father, Terry Pirovolakis, about the search for a cure; and Dr. Jim Dowling, a clinician-scientist at SickKids Hospital, and the lead doctor on Micheal’s clinical trial.