Rett syndrome is a rare disease that impacts one out of every 10,000 female births. Qiang Chang, PhD, professor of Medical Genetics & Neurology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, studies this developmental disorder caused by mutations that deform an essential protein called MeCP2. He is also the director of the Waisman Center and leads the Intellectual and Developmental Research Center at UW-Madison. He tells John J. Foxe, PhD, director of the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester, why it is important for scientists to keep an open mind. [www.waisman.wi...]
12 сен 2024
