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Thyroid Hormone Imbalance May Contribute to Rett Syndrome, Study Suggests

Imbalance of thyroid hormones may contribute for the underlying biological mechanisms involved in Rett syndrome, results from a preclinical study suggest. The findings, “Altered Gene Expression of Thyroid Hormone Transporters and Deiodinases in iPS MeCP2-Knockout Cells-Derived Neurons,” were published in the journal Molecular Neurobiology. Rett syndrome…

European Initiative Targets Diagnosis, Treatment of Rare Diseases

A new international consortium based in Paris, and funded largely by the 28-member European Union, intends to speed the diagnosis of rare diseases, while also accelerating the development of treatments for the 95% of such illnesses that currently don’t have one. The European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases (EJP…