The treacherous cryptocurrency market has shown a warm side today.
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A netizen named Siqi Chen shared the story of his young daughter Mira's battle with a rare brain tumor on a social media platform yesterday.
Siqi Chen pointed out that his little daughter was diagnosed with a rare Adamantinomatous Craniopharyngioma on September 23 this year. Although this type of tumor is medically classified as benign, it is located in a dangerous area of the brain and is often accompanied by a series of serious health problems, posing a huge challenge to the patient's life.
However, due to the limited number of cases, the medical community has long lacked resources for research on this type of tumor, resulting in very limited available treatment options. In addition, Mira's tumor is located near the optic nerve and hypothalamus, so standard treatments such as surgery and radiotherapy cannot be performed.
Siqi Chen then found Dr. Todd Hankinson of the Hankinson Laboratory at the University of Colorado in the United States. This is the only laboratory in North America that focuses on pediatric craniopharyngioma. Dr. Hankinson and his team have launched a series of clinical trials to explore how new drugs can slow the growth of the tumor and improve the patient's quality of life.
Although the research has made some progress, the laboratory is still facing the challenge of insufficient funding. Siqi Chen called on all sectors of society to lend a hand and support the research of the Hankinson Laboratory, as every penny will be directly used to develop new treatment options to benefit more children like Mira.
"We hope Mira's story is not just a sad case, but a symbol of scientific hope."
In addition to fundraising on the traditional crowdfunding platform Gofundme, Siqi Chen also published his Ethereum, Bit, Solana, and other wallet addresses to accept donations from all walks of life.
The Magical Internet Currency
However, some netizens have created a meme coin called MIRA based on this story, and sent half of the circulating supply to Siqi Chen's wallet address. After that, the MIRA token skyrocketed. Although Siqi Chen has sold some of his holdings in the past 2 hours to donate to the laboratory, he always consults the community before each sale to see if they agree, and the community has rarely expressed disagreement.
Despite multiple sell-offs, at the time of writing this article, the MIRA tokens in Siqi Chen's wallet are still worth over $15 million, which makes Siqi Chen marvel at the magic of internet currencies.
At the time of writing this article, the market capitalization of MIRA token has reached $43 million.
