article: GOSH referred the case back to the High Court after reports of "new" data from foreign healthcare experts suggested treatment could improve his condition. Charlie's parents have made several unsuccessful challenges to a decision to end the 11-month-old's life support. GOSH told the hearing the evidence was not new but it was right to explore it. Mr Justice Francis is overseeing the preliminary hearing in the Family Division of the High Court. In April he ruled that Charlie's life support should be ended and said earlier it would take something "dramatic and new" to make him change his mind. Mr Justice Francis is due to resume hearing the case on Thursday. On Sunday, Charlie's parents Chris Gard and Connie Yates handed in a 350,000-signature petition calling for him to travel to the US for treatment. Charlie's parents are seeking permission to remove their son - who has the rare condition mitochondrial depletion syndrome - from the care of Great Ormond Street Hospital so he can undergo experimental treatment abroad. Charlie's medical case explained The judge said: "There is not a person alive who would not want to save Charlie." A lawyer for the family said new and unpublished data was recently shared with the hospital that suggested treatment could produce a "dramatic clinical improvement" in Charlie's condition. Previously doctors had indicated Charlie had irreversible structural brain damage. Lawyers representing the family have now said using "cutting edge genetic science" there was a "small chance" of brain recovery and that it was a chance "worth taking". They questioned whether Mr Justice Francis was the correct person to assess the latest medical evidence, given that in April he had ruled Charlie's life support should be withdrawn. In reply, the judge said: "I did my job. I will continue to do my job." At the hearing, a lawyer for GOSH said the alleged "new research" had been available for the judge's consideration in April and was purely lab-based anyway, and related to patients with muscle problems only rather than brain damage. Charlie inherited the faulty RRM2B gene, affecting the cells responsible for energy production and respiration and leaving him unable to move or breathe without a ventilator. GOSH describes proposed experimental therapies as "unjustified" and said the treatments being offered are not a cure. However, the hospital's decision to go back to court came after researchers at two international healthcare facilities said they had "fresh evidence about their proposed experimental treatment". Charlie's parents, from Bedfont in west London, want their son to have nucleoside therapy. Speaking to BBC Breakfast, Ms Yates described the situation as a "living hell". "I couldn't sit there and watch him in pain and suffering, I promise you I wouldn't," she said, adding: "I think parents know when their children are ready to go and they've given up, and Charlie is still fighting. "It's horrible that this decision has been taken out of our hands. It's not just about us knowing best, it's about having other hospitals and doctors saying we want to treat [Charlie] and we think it's the best
summary: A lawyer for Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has dismissed claims of "fresh" medical evidence in the case of terminally ill baby Charlie Gard.