Breakthrough AI uncovers promising Rett syndrome treatment

Breakthrough AI uncovers promising Rett syndrome treatment

​Rett syndrome is a devastating rare genetic childhood disorder primarily affecting girls. Merely 1 out of 10,000 girls are born with it and much fewer boys.

AI Reveals Repurposed Drug as Promising New Rett Syndrome Candidate

Developing an effective cure for Rett syndrome has been extremely challenging, in large part due to the complexity of cognitive and physical impairments that come with the rare, genetic, childhood disorder. People with Rett syndrome (1 out of 10,000 girls—and far fewer boys) have mutations in the MeCP2 gene on the X chromosome that lead them to suffer from repetitive hand motions, speech difficulties, and seizures, but also problems in non-neuro…