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PMLD

Follow the progress being made across the PMD and PMLD community, including research developments, awareness initiatives, partnerships, events, and stories from families and advocates around the world. 

Two Communities Combine: Welcome the Pelizaeus-Merzbacher-Like Disease (PMLD) Group to...

March 17, 2021

Maite Robinson talks about the formation of the PMLD Group and how it’s merging with the PMD Foundation Recently, it was announced that the PMLD...

Keeping Our PMD and PMLD Warriors Safe

January 18, 2024

The door was closed and latched. Tom* had to back up to pull it open. There was a huge noise and he started screaming. His...

Hearts and Soles for PMD: 2023 Run, Walk or Roll...

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October 11, 2023

Event organizers had full confidence in the PMD Warrior teams when they increased this year’s Run, Walk or Roll fundraising goal from $50,000 to $75,000,...

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