When Googler Thomas Wagner’s son received a diagnosis of Alexander disease, a rare genetic disorder, he set out to learn everything he could. He used Gemini to summarize research in medical journals, making it easier for him to understand.

He realized there might be similarities between Alexander disease, which had very little active research, and other diseases with much more funding and ongoing research. He began to reach out to those researchers, scientists and doctors, many of whom had never heard of Alexander disease before. Through these conversations, Thomas has helped jumpstart new research into potential treatments.
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A special thanks to: Dr. Amy Waldman, Neurologist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Dr. Corina Amor, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and the Amor Lab team, Pranam Chatterjee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University, Albee Messing, V.M.D., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Neuropathology in the Department of Comparative Biosciences and all the doctors, scientists and researchers working tirelessly to find a cure for Alexander disease.

A huge thank you to the Wagner and Holzhuber family, volunteers and friends of Team Max, the Googlers who have supported this journey, Max's doctors, nurses and therapists and every scientist who has ever responded to an email.
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Find out more about Thomas' story on our blog: https://g.co/thomas
To support breakthrough research on treatments of Alexander Disease: https://EndAxD.org
To find out more about Leukodystrophies: https://ULF.org
To find out more about the science of Alexander Disease: https://alexander-disease.waisman.wisc.edu
To join Team Max and support Thomas and family directly: https://jointeammax.org

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