Why?
This year, the Village Presbyterian Church's Vacation Bible School has chosen to partner with The ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI), to help fund ALS Research. A family in our very own community has been affected by this disease, so we want to help researchers get closer to finding effective treatments and ultimately, a cure.
What is ALS?
Every 90 minutes someone is diagnosed with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), a progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disease. ALS causes muscle weakness, difficulty breathing and swallowing, and paralysis. It can affect anyone, anywhere. Most people with ALS live 2-5 years after their first symptoms. Currently, there is no effective treatment or cure. ALS TDI believes ALS is not an incurable disease; it is an underfunded one.
About the ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI)
ALS TDI and its scientists actively discover and develop treatments for ALS. It is the world’s first and largest nonprofit biotech focused 100% on ALS research. Led by people with ALS and drug development experts, ALS TDI understands the urgent need to slow and stop this disease. Based in Cambridge, MA, ALS TDI has over 30 full-time, industry trained, drug discovery experts on staff. This interdisciplinary team of scientists works 24/7 in ALS TDI’s state-of-the-art laboratories and partners with pharmaceutical and biotech companies around the world.