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: At the time of their diagnosis, Pompe disease—a rare neuromuscular disorder that causes muscle deterioration—was essentially a death sentence. Children with the condition rarely lived past the age of two.

: Unwilling to accept the diagnosis, Crowley quit his job and its stable health plan to start his own biotech company. His goal was to fast-track the development of an enzyme replacement therapy before his children’s hearts failed. Fact vs. Hollywood Fiction Extraordinary Measures

The movie is based on the nonfiction book The Cure by journalist Geeta Anand . It follows John Crowley (played by Brendan Fraser), a successful executive whose two youngest children, Megan and Patrick, were diagnosed with . : At the time of their diagnosis, Pompe