Extraordinary Measures: A Portland couple have two children with Pompe disease, a genetic anomaly that kills before a childs tenth birthday. The husband, John, whos in advertising, contacts Robert Stonehill, a researcher who has a theory on an enzyme treatment. He has little money to pursue his research, and a thorny personality that drives away colleagues and funders. John and his wife Aileen raise money for to get Stonehill going, then John takes on the task full time, working with venture capitalists and then a rival team of researchers. Time is passing, Stonehills antics get in the way, and the profit motive may upend Johns hopes. Can the researchers succeed in time for the Crowleys.