Coronation Street in 2017. Coronation Street’s research team has worked closely with The Lily Foundation, a charity which supports families living with mitochondrial disease on the storyline.The Lily Foundation was founded in 2007 by Liz Curtis in memory of her daughter Lily, who died from mitochondrial disease at eight months old.Professor Robert McFarland from the Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research in Newcastle was also consulted to ensure script accuracy.Of his decision to tackle this difficult storyline producer Iain MacLeod said previously: “This is a story about a family coming to terms with the most difficult news anyone can face and the ways in which this strengthens and shatters relationships in unpredictable ways."Above.
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