The Rett gene -- a rogue activator
Thursday, May 29, 2008 - 16:35
in Health & Medicine
In 1999, when Dr. Huda Zoghbi and her Baylor College of Medicine colleagues identified a mutation of the gene MeCP2 as the culprit in Rett syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder, the discovery was only the prelude to understanding a symphony of neurological missteps.
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