Rett Syndrome in the News - Boston Globe Article. February 2007
< Back to Previous PageJennifer and Justin Endres of South Yarmouth with their daughter, Jillian, 4, who has Rett Syndrome, a rare genetic disease that is related to autism. The Endres hope that research will lead to treatment that will enable their child to speak. (VINCENT DEWITT FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE)
By Carey Goldberg, Globe Staff | February 9, 2007
It almost always strikes girls in infancy. It can leave them unable to walk, talk, or use their hands, racked by seizures, or gasping for irregular breaths with little prospect of improvement. But now the devastating symptoms of Rett Syndrome, a rare genetic disease related to autism, have been dramatically reversed in mice, raising a great wave of hope for families that previously had little.
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By Carey Goldberg, Globe Staff | February 9, 2007
It almost always strikes girls in infancy. It can leave them unable to walk, talk, or use their hands, racked by seizures, or gasping for irregular breaths with little prospect of improvement. But now the devastating symptoms of Rett Syndrome, a rare genetic disease related to autism, have been dramatically reversed in mice, raising a great wave of hope for families that previously had little.
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