Rett in Biological News

The Rett Syndrome Research Trust launches operations

The Rett Syndrome Research Trust, a newly established nonprofit organization, is pleased to announce the launch of our operations and website (www.rsrt.org). In the wake of last year's dramatic pre-clinical reversal of Rett symptoms, the Trust has been formed to pursue the next steps toward treat...

Rett Syndrome Research Trust advisor makes significant discovery

...ith a variety of neurological disorders, including rett Syndrome, the most physically disabling of the aut...y Brook. Dr. Mandel is a scientific advisor of the rett Syndrome Research Trust (RSRT) a recently formed n...sed on the development of treatments and cures for rett Syndrome and related MECP2 disorders. ...

Researchers link early stem cell mutation to autism

...hose seen in humans with a form of autism known as rett Syndrome. This work represents the first direc...hese results give us a good hint of how to look at rett Syndrome and potentially other forms of autism in ...to hand wringing, a notable feature in humans with rett syndrome. "There's a yin and yang to this MEF2...

Study finds first-ever genetic animal model of autism

...fy and improve treatment strategies. Broader neuropsychiatric conditions include Fragile X, the most common cause of inherited mental impairment, and rett Syndrome, a childhood neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by normal early development followed by slowed brain and head growth, seizures, and me...

How genetic malfunction causes a form of retardation

...rbed.? The researchers speculated that “genetic perturbations such as those seen in NS, or perhaps even in more commonly studied disorders such as rett Syndrome, might first perturb cell genesis, and then this might in turn alter many later aspects of neural development, ultimately resulting in impair...

Snapin: A protein with therapy potential for autism

...ase in dendrite branches, there are fewer sites to receive information and communication may be impeded. Individuals with disorders such as autism and rett syndrome display not only fewer branches, but also show two quite different dendrite patterns. Firestein's most recent work explores the how and why o...