A parent's impossible choice: saving siblings with rare Sanfilippo syndrome | 60 Minutes Australia

Subscribe here: http://9Soci.al/chmP50wA97J Full Episodes here http://9Soci.al/sImy50wNiXL | Parent power (2014) A parent's love knows no bounds, especially when a child is diagnosed with a deadly disease. But what lengths would you go to if the disease was so rare that pharmaceutical companies saw no profit in developing a cure? Well, more and more parents of desperately sick kids are taking matters into their own hands. Armed with passion and the power of the internet, they're bringing urgency to the usually glacial pace of drug discovery. Michael Usher talks to one Australian couple whose son and daughter have developed an ultra-rare fatal genetic disease. They've found a cure and established a medical trial, only to face the impossible decision - which child will they save? WATCH more of 60 Minutes Australia: https://www.60minutes.com.au LIKE 60 Minutes Australia on Facebook:   / 60minutes9   FOLLOW 60 Minutes Australia on Twitter:   / 60mins   FOLLOW 60 Minutes Australia on Instagram:   / 60minutes9   For forty years, 60 Minutes have been telling Australians the world’s greatest stories. Tales that changed history, our nation and our lives. Reporters Liz Hayes, Allison Langdon, Tara Brown, Charles Wooley, Liam Bartlett and Sarah Abo look past the headlines because there is always a bigger picture. Sundays are for 60 Minutes. #60MinutesAustralia