New Hope for a True Cure with CRISPR
Cure Rare Disease
Dear Friends
We wish we could tell you the cure we all have worked so hard for and supported for the past 18 years was actually here…but it is not…not yet. It is close.
Cure Rare Disease is working tirelessly to ensure the efficacy and precision of its treatment. Please join us in honoring Terry Horgan’s legacy by watching and sharing the video above.
This year, we are celebrating Terry Horgan’s legacy and the progress his courage has enabled for rare disease patients and families. Because of Terry’s brother Rich, Cure Rare Disease is changing the landscape of rare disease research and providing hope for ultra-rare disease patients that have been previously overlooked in the search for effective treatments. Rich Horgan, his family, and his team are our future for actual treatment for Muscular Dystrophy and other rare diseases with individually customized therapeutics using CRISPR/Cas9 technology.
In times like this, we’re reminded of how interconnected we all are and we thank you for “MD-ing” and making a difference. We hope you enjoy quality time with your loved ones and family, if not in person, perhaps virtually. As always we thank you from the very depths of our hearts. Your continued support gives us strength. We won’t stop until we have a cure for this awful disease for our dear Ian and for all who suffer from it.
If you choose to make a donation 100% of your donation will go directly to support CRISPR Technology and the work being done with the Cure Rare Disease team.
How will your “MD” help us to continue to MAKE a DIFFERENCE? Please share what special event you have on our Facebook page.
A HUGE thank you to those of you who have already so generously donated. Your continued support of our mission means so much to so many!
No words can adequately express how grateful and thankful we are for such a thoughtful, supportive, and amazing community!
With endless thanks and gratitude,
Carole, Bob, Ian, and Ty Sharp
BECAUSE OF YOU we are much closer to a true treatment for Muscular Dystrophy. New studies and MD news can be found on our Research page.
THERE IS MORE RESEARCH that needs to be done and funds that are needed to fuel cutting-edge studies of Muscular Dystrophy.
Who are we?
We are parents of a son who has an incurable disease called Becker Muscular Dystrophy. Our mission is a grassroots effort to bring focus and research to DMD, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, the leading killer of young boys. Our son Ian has Becker Muscular Dystrophy which is a less severe form, but just as frightening. One in every 3500 boys is born with DMD. Every day two boys die of DMD. This is a genetic disorder, approximately 60% of the mutations are hereditary, but because it is random, most families don’t know of its existence. 40% of the time it occurs because of a spontaneous mutation at birth. Simply put this is a muscle-wasting disease. The prognosis has been the same for years: Wheelchair by 9 – 12 and life expectancy between late teens and early twenties. IT CAN HAPPEN IN ANY FAMILY. We have learned that DMD is an “orphan” disease and that pharmaceutical companies do not invest in bringing cures to market because the number of end-users does not make it profitable enough. So we have taken matters into our own hands and embarked on a path to affect change…to raise the funds needed to cure DMD and BMD in our son’s lifetime. 100% of the funds raised go to cutting-edge research. We hope that one day, no longer will young boys have to cry because they can’t keep up with their friends because their legs cramp, no longer will they need wheelchairs or have to go to a camp to feel and be “normal” and most importantly no longer die before they have a chance to really live! Our vision is to draw awareness to the fact that there are far too many incurable diseases killing our children, let’s put a stop to this now!!! With your help, we can take a step for hope, take a step to cure, take a step because we can.
You should know that every penny of your gift goes directly to the research lab and no funds are to be diverted for paying indirect costs or institutional overhead. That means 100% of the money raised goes to research. All expenses are donated. No payrolls. No profits. Your dollars go directly to the lab to help find a cure.
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