The HudsonAlpha Foundation announced the creation of the Hero Fund at a news conference Monday, February 29. The Hero Fund was created to help bring genomic medicine to patients who cannot afford it. The announcement came on Rare Disease Day, an international recognition of the hundreds of millions of people worldwide living with rare disease.
The Huntsville Times, WAAY-TV, WAFF-TV, WHNT-TV and the Birmingham Business Journal covered the story. Watch here:
http://www.waff.com/story/31349097/anonymous-donation-helps-future-patients-at-hudsonalpha
http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2016/02/donor_makes_eye-popping_donati.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/morning_call/2016/02/hudsonalpha-gets-1m-gift.html