What baseball player was diagnosed with ALS disease?
Ice Bucket Challenge: Pete Frates and the Fight Against ALS Ice Bucket Challenge: Pete Frates and the Fight Against ALS Ice Bucket Challenge: Pete Frates and the Fight Against ALS is a non-fiction book by New York Times bestselling author Casey Sherman and author/journalist Dave Wedge that was published in 2017 by ForeEdge, a division of University Press of New England. The book tells the inspirational story of Pete Frates, a Boston College baseball player stricken with ALS in 2011 who helped launch the Ice Bucket Challenge viral sensation. The online craze went viral in 2014 and raised $225 million for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, as celebrities,
ALS Therapy Development Institute ALS Therapy Development Institute The ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI) is a non-profit biotechnology research organization focused on finding treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). With a staff including more than 30 scientists, it operates a research and development program centered on ALS. ALS TDI was founded as the ALS Therapy Development Foundation (ALS TDF) in 1999 by James Heywood, Robert Bonazoli, and Melinda Marsh Heywood after James' brother, Stephen Heywood, was diagnosed with the disease.. Dr. Tennore Ramesh joined ALS-TDF when his sister in law was diagnosed with ALS and setup the research facility and served as Chief