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For His Sick Kids, a Father Struggled to Develop a Cure

Mr. Crowley Built a Biotech Firm, Ran Drug Program, but Still Faced Hurdles

PRINCETON, N.J. -- John Crowley had bad news for his 5-year-old daughter.

Ever since Megan could remember, her father was promising to bring her a "special medicine" to make her better. Megan suffers from a rare genetic disease that makes her so weak she can't walk, talk clearly or breathe on her own -- and it threatens to take her life.