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Sep 6, 2023 · Only Mr. Doctoroff’s closest aides know his mother is fighting cancer. Then his father is diagnosed with A.L.S.
- Christopher Maag
Sep 16, 2022 · Late last year, Dan was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) which is a disease of the motor neurons, which send signals to the muscles to move. In ALS, the motor neurons die and patients become progressively paralyzed. A person lives an average of four years after diagnosis.
May 2, 2024 · In 2013, Doctoroff launched Target ALS “because it was personal,” he says. After he was diagnosed with ALS in October 2021, he quit his start-up job to focus full-time on making a...
Aug 17, 2023 · Daniel Doctoroff founded Target ALS in 2013 after his father and uncle died from the disease. Now he has it too — and has pledged to raise a quarter of a billion dollars in the search for a...
Dec 16, 2021 · In 2002, my dad, Martin Doctoroff, died of ALS. At the time, we thought it was a tragic fluke, as is the case with the vast majority of ALS patients. But when his brother, Mike, was...
- Daniel L. Doctoroff
Dec 16, 2021 · Doctoroff announced his resignation as CEO in a Medium blog post Thursday. While he hasn’t been diagnosed with the incurable disease, various symptoms, test results and meetings with ALS...
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Nov 1, 2023 · But now Doctoroff faces his most daunting challenge yet: In 2021, he was diagnosed with ALS. Also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, ALS erodes nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, weakening...
