This Med Student Was Given Last Rites Before Finding a Treatment That Saved His Life. His Method Could Help Millions

September 20, 2019

(CNN) – “You learn a lot by almost dying,” he says. He learned enough to surprise his doctors by coming up with a way to treat his disease. Almost six years later he’s in remission, he and his wife have a baby girl and he’s devoting his medical career to saving other patients like him. Fajgenbaum, 34, recounts his near death and remarkable recovery in a new book, “Chasing My Cure: A Doctor’s Race to Turn Hope into Action.” His story has lessons for the future of rare disease research — and for living.