STAT June 15, 2024
First Opinion is STAT’s platform for interesting, illuminating, and maybe even provocative articles about the life sciences writ large, written by biotech insiders, health care workers, researchers, and others.
To encourage robust, good-faith discussion about issues raised in First Opinion essays, STAT publishes selected Letters to the Editor received in response to them. You can submit a Letter to the Editor here, or find the submission form at the end of any First Opinion essay.
“Curing rare childhood diseases will falter unless Congress steps up,” by Joe and Courtney Dion
My heart breaks for the Dion family who desperately deserve hope for a cure to the ultra-rare disease that afflicts their children, Peter and Maggie. Sadly, they are not alone:...
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