In commemoration of Rett syndrome awareness month this October, Acadia Pharmaceuticals is launching an awareness campaign to shine a light on patients' journeys and show that each person living with ...

Rett syndrome is a rare devastating neurological disorder that primarily affects young girls and manifests as an impaired ability to walk and talk, along with characteristic 'hand-wringing' movements, ...

Rett syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder that primarily affects girls, most of whom have mutations in the transcription regulatory gene MECP2. However, mutations in MECP2 also have been ...

Valentina Torres' parents hope that in the future she will be able to walk and "not be trapped inside her own body".

NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel announced Thursday that his 6-year-old son, Henry, had died after being diagnosed as an infant with a rare genetic neurological disorder called Rett ...

An expert explains how Rett syndrome is diagnosed, how commonly it is misdiagnosed, disease progression, and which providers are best positioned to manage a Rett Syndrome patient. David Lieberman, MD, ...