The multi-day Ice Bucket Challenge continues the butterfly effect and explodes the Internet. In the hot summer of 2014, a bucket of ice water fell on the head. Microsoft’s Bill Gates, Facebook’s Zuckerberg and Sandberg, Amazon’s Bezos, and Apple’s Cook all did not hesitate to get wet in the camera. These Silicon Valley technology people sacrificed their performances like moths to a flame, aiming to get more help for ALS patients. This popular activity across the United States has now spread to China. The event aims to make more people aware of the rare disease known as ALS and also to raise funds for charity.
“Ice Bucket Challenge”
Ice Bucket Challenge #The full name is “ALS Ice Bucket Challenge”. You need to post a video of yourself pouring ice water on your whole body on the Internet, and then you can invite 3 friends by name to participate in this event. Those invited can either accept within 24 hours or choose to donate $100 to the Fund Fighting ALS. The event aims to make more people aware of the rare disease known as ALS and also to raise funds.
“ALS”
What exactly is ALS? It is commonly known as “ALS” and is one of the rare diseases in the world, caused by genetic and sporadic cases. Not only is it incurable, it is also fatal. Death usually occurs within 3-5 years after onset. People suffering from ALS watch themselves being “frozen” while they are awake, and their bodies gradually become paralyzed until they can no longer breathe.
In the early stages, symptoms of ALS include muscle weakness or stiffness of movement, which may also be accompanied by muscle atrophy and difficulty swallowing. In the later stages, patients will completely lose their ability to move. But their cognitive abilities are often unaffected, so they are often called “awake vegetative people.”
According to the official website of the ALS Association, an average of 15 people are newly diagnosed with ALS every day, with an incidence rate of approximately 2 to 5 per 100,000. ALS disease is found in all races, ethnic groups and societies around the world, and anyone can be affected by it. ALS is a rare disease that most people don’t know about. The well-known British physicist Stephen Hawking is a patient of ALS. After contracting the disease, the expected survival time is generally 3-5 years. Only 5% of patients survive more than 20 years. Hawking is lucky to belong to this 5%. He has been fighting ALS for more than 40 years.
Beike people bravely challenge ALS
Beike Biotechnology has made more contributions to the focus on difficult neurological diseases such as ALS and the exploration of academic fields! As early as 2010, it has taken the lead in the Journal of Translational Medicine published a paper on the use of cord blood mononuclear cells to treat central nervous system degeneration (including 12 ALS patients), which initially proved to be safe. In addition, Beike Biotechnology’s papers on using stem cells to treat another traditional difficult disease of the central nervous system – hereditary ataxia HA, were also published in 2011 and 2013 respectively.
On August 20, colleagues from the International Department of Beike Biology completed this challenge on behalf of Beike. The group drove to Shenzhen Bay and poured ice water and ice cubes on their heads to experience the feeling of “freezing” people. Beike Biotech has always been concerned about human health. At the 2014 Shenzhen International BT Leadership Summit to be held in September this year, Beike Biotech will focus on the research and development and application of the most cutting-edge technologies in the cell therapy industry, introduce the research and development progress in the field of cell therapy and regenerative medicine, discuss the development status, trends and market demands of cell therapy and regenerative medicine, and explore industry development prospects, in the hope of helping more clinical medical workers provide innovative technologies and disease solutions, and provide more patients with advanced medical services. “ALS” and progressive muscular dystrophy have many similarities, but progressive muscular dystrophy develops faster and is irreversible. Beike’s stem cell technology can replace and repair patients’ damaged cells through stem cell transplantation, restore cell tissue function, and achieve the goal of treating progressive muscular dystrophy.
Colleagues from the Beike International Department also hope to raise society’s attention to rare disease patients through this event, hoping that more forces will help patients with rare diseases find the way back to normal life. To promote human health, Beike has been working hard!
Beike Biological International Department
The ice bucket challenge may be cooling down soon, but forALS itself requires long-term attention. Under the influence of public welfare, social networks and celebrity effects, this “Ice Bucket Challenge” has spread widely and lasted for a long time, and has become a typical Internet communication event. Perhaps by increasing public attention and increasing charity donations during the national carnival, it can help more ALS patients, which is our common goal.
Beike BiologyALS#Ice Bucket Challenge#Full version, see herehttp://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNzU5MjEzMzQw.html, welcome to try. Call on the public to pay attention to ALS(Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) and pass on the love. Foreign websites www.als-ny.org, micro-charity donation:baseline:”>http://t.cn/RPQjMWW.