By Mike Leiby, The Independent
SHOW LOW — The dean of science at the University of Notre Dame not only wants a way to treat Niemann-Pick Disease (NP-C) to be found posthaste, he is riding across country to help make it happen.
Niemann-Pick Type C is a genetic, cholesterol storage disorder that primarily strikes children with death occurring before or during adolescence. There is also an adult onset form of the disease.
Gregory Crawford rode through Show Low July 3 on his way to Baltimore as part of the Road to Discovery ride.
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Biking in Baltimore