Julie Clark

Julie Clark's Fundraiser

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Help us accelerate Telomere Biology Disorder research!

Be part of finding causes, effective treatments, and a path towards a cure

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In 2007, our son Josh was diagnosed with Dyskeratosis Congenita, a Telomere Biology Disorder. So much progress has been made through research in the past years allowing our son to have a successful bone marrow transplant in 2012 and a recent liver transplant in March but further research is needed to find a cure for this terrible disease!

Our Team Telomere first participated in the MDBR in 2015 in honor of Joshua Friedman who passed away in 2011 from Dyskeratosis Congenita. Josh lived a full and beautiful life and touched many people throughout. Josh’s lasting legacy is a gift to our community as his story has helped raise over $520,000 in research.

We have partnered with Penn’s Orphan Disease Center since 2014 to excel our ability to fund quality science for Telomere Biology Disorders. Our goal this year is to raise $40,000 that will be matched dollar for dollar by the Orphan Disease Center.