Harrison's Fund
 United Kingdom  |  Health/Medical

Harrison's Fund has one goal. To get as much money as possible into the hands of the world's best researchers, who are working to find a cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). It sounds like a horrible disease. And it is. Which is why we want to eradicate it.

Harrison's Fund is named after our eldest son; a charming and cheeky little man. To most people Harrison looks completely healthy. But on the inside, our powerful little boy is struggling. His muscles are deteriorating at an alarming rate. Because he has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). By the time he's a teenager Harrison will lose the ability to walk. Eventually he'll lose all muscle function in his body. Like all boys with DMD he'll die in his late teens or early twenties from heart or respiratory failure. Our goal is to stop Duchenne, or at least find a way to slow it down significantly, before it has a chance to dim the twinkle in Harrison's eye. Having spoken to some of the best organisations in the world fighting DMD, it's clear that for the very first time there may actually be a chance of a major breakthrough. Over the past few years, scientists have made giant strides in gene therapy and molecular medicine, and pharmaceutical companies have begun investing in research that may well bring DMD therapies to market. We need your help to take advantage of this momentum. And make sure that there doesn't need to be another Harrison's Fund.

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