ALS fighter Cai Lei recently announced the latest progress of his scientific research donations through social media.He said that in the past year and eight months,The team has donated more than 50 million yuan to foreign research (specific details are disclosed every year through the official website and audited reports), but the actual total investment is much higher than this figure.
Cai Lei said that he will continue to donate to dozens of scientific research projects in the future, covering brain science and neurological diseases, muscle diseases, immunology, metabolomics, proteomics, genes and transcriptomics, stem cells, mitochondria, acousto-optical electromagnetics, CDMO, CRO, artificial intelligence and traditional medicine. He welcomed scientists and doctors in related fields to continue to pay attention, and thanked them for their efforts to conquer diseases and save lives.
In January 2024, Cai Lei and his wife jointly announced that they would donate another 100 million yuan to support scientific research projects such as basic research, drug development and clinical treatment of ALS.He admitted that his personal power is limited, but as long as he goes all out, he has the ability to achieve goals that were previously unattainable.
Cai Lei was diagnosed with ALS in 2019. This is a degenerative disease of the nervous system in which patients gradually develop symptoms such as muscle atrophy, limb stiffness, and respiratory failure.
The disease progresses at a significantly different rate in different patients and ultimately leads to death from respiratory failure. Unlike Alzheimer's disease, ALS usually does not affect patients' higher-level neurological activity. Patients in the advanced stages can still think clearly and retain their pre-morbid memory, personality and intelligence.
