“What is wrong with Bertie?” Rare Disease Day, 2017

We are often asked to explain Bertie’s condition. This is tough because it is complicated. However, as it is Rare Disease Day, here goes: One of Bertie’s genes is faulty, specifically a collagen VI gene. In his case he didn’t inherit a faulty gene, although you can. It just went askew and created an error […]

Liverpool Echo

Bertie was the poster boy for Parallel London last week and this made the news in both the Southport Visiter and the Liverpool Echo, really boosting his fundraising: