Gainesville, Florida
Cure Dale’s Duchenne
Dale is fighting Duchenne muscular dystrophy. There’s no cure yet, but research is moving faster than ever. Help us push it forward, for Dale and for every family facing Duchenne.
~1 in 5,000
boys are born with Duchenne
~250,000
boys and young men living with it worldwide
100+
clinical trials under way around the world
0
cures, so far. That’s what we’re working to change.
Meet Dale
Dale grew up in Gainesville with his brother Lee. He’s funny, stubborn, opinionated, and the toughest person we know. He also has Duchenne, a genetic disease that slowly takes away muscle strength.
Duchenne has changed how Dale gets around, how he uses a computer, and how our family plans every day. It hasn’t changed who he is.
“Duchenne takes things away a little at a time. Then people get creative. That’s the part that gives me hope.”
Lee, Dale’s brother
How you can help
Learn
What Duchenne is, what it does to the body, and how it’s treated today.
Show up
Come to a fundraising event, or host one of your own with friends, a team or your business.
Give
Every dollar helps fund the research that could change Duchenne for Dale and boys like him.
News & updates
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Welcome to Cure Dale’s Duchenne
Welcome to Cure Dale’s Duchenne. Dale is a Gainesville guy with a big personality, a brother named Lee, and Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare…
Research is the road to a cure
Gene therapy, exon skipping, gene editing and new medicines are all being studied right now, some of it just down the road at the University of Florida.