Why Huntington's Fundraiser?
Austin
Crespo has Huntington's Disease, he has now been accepted for stem cell
treatment in China.
This website has been created in order to help raising enough money for
Austin and his mother Wendy to go to China for this treatment.
The operation and the associated costs will total
to a $50,000. (raised to date: $
24,545)
$40,500 = Umbilical Stem Cell Treatment
$ 4,800 = Travel (airfare and ground transportation) to Beijing, China
$ 4,700 = Accommodations for 30 nights
The treatment took place from August 1, 2007 to August 31, 2007.
Thank you for all your donations, with your help we
can help Austin and Wendy.
What do we know about Huntington's Disease?
Huntington's Disease takes its name from the Ohio physician George Huntington who described it precisely in 1872 in his first medical paper. HD has been heavily researched in the last few decades and it was one of the first inherited genetic disorders for which an accurate test could be performed.
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to fight Huntington's Disease.
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