Bird lab paper featured in Nature. Image Authors Tillotson, R., Selfridge, J., Koerner, M.V., Gadalla, K.K.E., Guy, J., De Sousa, D., Hector, R.D., Cobb, S.R., Bird, A. Summary Rett syndrome is a profound neurological disorder caused by mutations affecting the MeCP2 protein (vertical strokes). We find that its essential functions can be performed by two short domains and gene therapy using this mini-MeCP2 rescues many Rett-like defects in mice. Related links Journal Link Bird Lab Website This article was published on 2024-06-17