Thank you to everyone who has donated so far! In just 24 hours we've already raised over $2,000 ... not to mention over $1,000 more in matching donations from my family that will get added this weekend. Thank you, everyone!!!
Awesome stuff, Todd. I work in medical research myself - we are indeed in grim times. The sequester and already grim federal budget outlook has really put a huge damper on the amount of work we are able to achieve. The lab I will be joining is brilliantly successful but even they are starting to feel the pinch. Any amount helps, but one small suggestion - write your congresspeople and tell to prioritize medical research! We have gotten a bad rap over the last few years (recall Sarah Palin's comments about the uselessness of studying fruit flies... when in fact some of the first genes attributed to autism were discovered in fruit flies) and we can really use all the help we can get. Without solid federal funding it is very difficult to pursue relevant and important disease research at a time when we are poised to make some of the greatest discoveries that our species has ever known.
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