The fifth annual Aidan's Posse Ride is a fifty-plus motorcycle ride coursing throughout three of five NYC boroughs. Proceeds benefit the Aidan Jack Seeger Foundation that works to bring universal screening for ALD (adrenaleukodystrophy, or "Lorenzo's Oil Disease) to every state in the US and beyond.
According to the ALD Foundation the incidence of ALD is thought to be approximately 1:18,000 births. Caused by a mutation in the X chromosome, the disease gradually strips away the neuron’s protective myelin sheath, leading to disability and death. Although it appears equally in both sexes, boys, lacking a corresponding X chromosome, are affected earlier in life. Early diagnosis and treatment are essential and lifesaving.
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