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We Cannot Let These Children Wither Away Without A Fight, Help us
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    Neha Kalia
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    This fundraiser will benefit

    Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy

    from Mumbai, Maharashtra

Tax benefits for INR donations will be issued by Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is currently a non-curable genetic disease which leads to muscle degeneration, disability in walking, breathing and premature death of children (mostly affected on males). By the age of 9, children are bound to a wheelchair and dependent on family to carry out daily activities.

Able to disable in a matter of years.
We can't let these innocent children wither away even without a fight. We at Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) need your help!

Today, our ray of hope is Gene Therapy which requires research and trails before it is approved in India. We have a team of qualified scientists and doctors but LACK FUNDS to kick off the trials which is holding the team to start work.

This is an outright appeal to everyone to donate generously. We need your help in starting the trails of Gene Therapy in India.

Each and every amount of donation will go towards this cause and help the innocent children’s to live their life longer and independently.
Our researcher: Dr. Arkasubhra Ghosh (M.Sc, PhD) HoD GROW Research Laboratory- Molecular Signaling and Gene Therapy.

The total cost to conduct the research will be more than 1 Crore. It will be carried out in 3 phases:

Phase 1: Making of the gene construct.
Status: Near Completion
20 Lacs of 30 Lacs Paid.

Phase 2: Animal Testing to understand the efficacy and safety.
Status: To be started once funds are collected.
40 Lacs Required. Only 18 Lacs collected.

Phase 3: Results of trials.
Status: 30 Lacs Required. Zero Collected.

More about us.

The Muscular Dystrophy society and Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy(PPMD) are registered charity organization for more than a decade with only objective to provide best possible help and assistance to the Muscular dystrophy patients .President of the Neurology society of Maharashtra Dr Satish Khadilkar is the current secretary of the Muscular Dystrophy society and has been associated with it for more than two decades. M.D. Society’s and PPMD’s sole primary objective is to work collectively towards providing information on treatments for children irrespective of caste, creed and different levels of society or state of India they belong to .www.mdsociety.org is the website of an organization founded in India, which aims to encourage and collate research into the treatment of this disease; together information and create a database of facts and resources to aids sufferers.

We are grateful for your help!

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