CHEO's new Centre for Genomic Innovation takes aim at rare diseases

Richard Lincoln still gets tearful remembering the day his son Eli was diagnosed with a disease so rare there are only 25 documented diagnoses in the world.
For the first time, Eli’s diagnosis also explained to Richard Lincoln many things about himself.
Lincoln had suffered from seemingly unrelated health conditions from birth. He had neurological symptoms and asthma. At 16, he was diagnosed with mild cerebral palsy. “I spent an entire lifetime hiding my disabilities,” he said