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flag Fourteen-year-old Daisy Fisher, diagnosed with rare, incurable CMT4J, is seeking U.S. gene therapy after UK treatment options failed.

flag Fourteen-year-old Daisy Fisher from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, has been diagnosed with rare, incurable CMT4J, a neurological disorder causing progressive muscle weakness, chronic pain, and loss of mobility. flag After months of symptoms dismissed as "growing pains," her condition worsened before a delayed diagnosis revealed nerve damage affecting her hands and feet. flag With no treatment available in the UK, her mother, Adele Fisher, is fundraising to cover costs for a gene therapy trial in the U.S., where experts believe it may slow or halt disease progression.

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