The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis

Marc Buoniconti walking on the Lokomat.Neurological diseases and disorders ranging from traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, ALS, Alzheimer's, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's, and stroke are the leading cause of disability and the second leading cause of death worldwide. These conditions affect as many as one billion people and represent some of the most significant health care challenges facing the world today.  

The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis is committed to a bold agenda to finding cures to these diseases that will make a transformative impact on our community, this hemisphere, and beyond.  From stimulating key areas of the brain to improve walking function to attacking diseases at the molecular level and developing treatments based on a person’s distinct genetic makeup, science has generated new treatments and technologies that have driven tremendous progress in global health.  

Because there is no easy way for anyone to grasp the reality they may “only have months to live” or tell a child “you will never walk again” or watch a loved one slowly slip away as their memory fails them.  

As the late Nick Buoniconti, Founder of The Buoniconti Fund and NFL Hall of Fame Linebacker for the Miami Dolphins said:  "As a parent, you don’t dream the tragedy of a spinal cord injury.  You don’t dream of your child in a wheelchair.  What you now dream of is what The Miami Project and The Buoniconti Fund are about:  the dream of seeing your loved one walk again.  The research is for real, the results are for real and the conclusion that paralyzed people will walk again is for real.”

There are not many instances when one has the ability to forever change medical history and change the lives of more than one billion people.  Your support of The Buoniconti Fund will be transformational in ending the human suffering for those living with these diseases and disorders.  Please stand up for those who can't and donate today!