MECP2 mutation database launched to study Rett syndrome:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Researchers at Edinburgh University yesterday (October 2 2003) launched an interactive database to study Rett syndrome. This neurological disorder affects mainly girls, occurring once in every 10-15,000 female births, making it the second most common cause of mental retardation after Down's syndrome. It is commonly associated with a mutation in the MECP2 gene. The project (www.MeCP2.org.uk) led by Dr Brian Hendrich and Dr Skirmantas Kriaucionis aims to help understand how certain symptoms correlate with different mutations and how symptoms change over time.