A slide show
made by Rachaeli Fier's mother of the young attendees at the
annual NTSAD (National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases) Conference. St.
Petersburg, Florida. April 2010. There were many newly diagnosed
children at the conference this year, and there was the palpable absence
of those children who succumbed to their diseases since the last
conference. We mourn with those families for their losses and we pray
for the continued strength of the children and their families who are
battling these fatal diseases every day. But miracles are happening all
around us, and they were present at the conference. We have been blessed
by the miraculous finding of sheep with Tay-Sachs disease. These will
provide the large animal model needed to proceed with Gene Therapy
research. A cure is closer than ever! History is in the making!
Visit www.curetay-sachs.org to learn
more
about the state-of-the-art research focused on finding a cure for these
fatal diseases -- and see how you can help!