Jennifer 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)
Research shines light on Rett Syndrome
Manipulation of gene in mice ends symptoms
Jennifer 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)
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 ... (Full article: 1017 words)
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