Genetics

Dr. Steve Skinner, Director and Hannah Warren Moore, MS, Clinical Genetics Counselor, of the Greenwood Genetics Center and Natural History Study discuss the genetics of Rett syndrome and the MECP2 gene, what mutations and deletions mean for your child, and confirming the diagnosis including the new diagnostic criteria for males. They discuss the potential of gene therapy and gene editing, and how this new frontier has changed our conversation about Rett syndrome.