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Niemann-Pick diseases are rare, devastating often neurodegenerative diseases that affect infants, children, and adults. Currently there is no cure for these diseases and, very sadly, people affected with these diseases have a reduced life expectancy.

The charity Niemann-Pick UK (NPUK) does amazing work in providing vital support to patients and their families 24/7. Without their work, public awareness of these diseases would be almost non-existent. NPUK is part of an international alliance of NP charities (INPDA) who work to raise awareness and facilitate networking among scientists and doctors worldwide, and thus help develop treatments for these life-limiting disease.

Please watch this award-winning video to learn more about Niemann-Pick diseases.

Disease: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_y4jBUPm80

We are a group of scientists from the University of Oxford and University College London, who work on Niemann-Pick. We are going to cycle over 110 miles from the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Oxford to the Thames Barrier in London. Our route will follow the Thames and will take us through Reading, Henley, Windsor, and Richmond to the Thames Barrier. It will be a tough challenge for us, with a long distance to cover each day!

Our team are: Fran Platt, Ahad Rahim, Danielle Taylor-te Vruchte, Kerri Wallom, Dawn Shepherd, Daan van Kruining, Hsin Chen, Amy Geard, Qiao Zhang, Rebecca Braine, Reuben Bush, Puravi Panda, and Dave Smith.