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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. 

The Biggest Moment in The PMD Foundation’s History

March 22, 2019

The PMD Foundation is working hard to finalize and fund a Retrospective Natural History Study for PMD. This will be the biggest moment in The...

Don’t Take Your Lamborghini to Just Anyone!

July 6, 2018

When trying to explain our experience to friends and family upon our return I used the following analogy: If you owned a Lamborghini and it...

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