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Iraqi Father's Desperate Plea: $2.9 Million Gene Therapy Needed to Save Son with Rare Muscle Disease

An Iraqi father is desperately seeking Dh10.6 million ($2.9 million) for life-saving gene therapy for his five-year-old son, Ali, who has been diagnosed with the rare and aggressive Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Initial fundraising efforts in Iraq have fallen far short of the required amount.