Flight of the Rondone High School Dropout VS Big Pharma The Fight to Save My Son's Life

English | 2022 | ISBN: 1510772197 | 518 pages | True EPUB | 15.39 MB
Flight of the Rondoneis a true rags to riches tale theNew York Timesstated is "meant for television." The protagonist, a high school dropout, is nicknamed in ItalianU Carneveil(Walking Circus) for his entertaining and eccentric nature. Patrick Girondi starts his career shining shoes, stealing car parts, and escaping life-threatening situations while outwitting the Chicago police. He claws up to being a famous success story on theOprah Show. His fortunes quickly change when his eldest son, Santino, is diagnosed with a fatal blood disease. Girondi hunts for a cure in a drama that has boundless implications in the world of gene therapy. As Girondi writes, "I'd been strangled, shot at, skated more than twenty arrests, made it through 3 FBI witch-hunts and went from the docks to trading and big money. I would see my son cured. How hard could it be?" After decades of struggle, he delivered the world's first commercial batch of vector with the potential...