Some 200 new patients , including young children , begin a clinical trial at least every week . With the government shutdown , these patients are being told they will have to wait to begin . But Smith will be scheduled to receive treatment , doctors say , on Friday .
Some 200 new patients , including 30 children , start a clinical trial at NIH every week . With the government shutdown , these patients are being told they will have to wait to begin . McKenna Smith will be allowed to receive treatment , doctors say , on Friday .