Press Releases
June 25, 2013
The Rett Syndrome Research Trust (RSRT) is pleased to announce that Tim Freeman, who has nearly 20 years of experience in fundraising, public ...
June 19, 2013
Rett Syndrome, a woman’s disease most women have never heard of, will be the focus of a documentary film screening and panel discussion. The ...
June 16, 2013
Discovery of a mutant gene responsible for a disease is a milestone, but for most conditions, it may be only a first step towards a treatment or ...
April 9, 2013
Trumbull, CT/Manchester, UK — The Rett Syndrome Research Trust (RSRT) has appointed Rachael Bloom to its Board of Trustees. She is a founder ...
February 13, 2013
The Rett Syndrome Research Trust (RSRT) affirmed its mission to drive innovative science by awarding $4.2 million in 2012. This amount represents ...
October 26, 2012
The Rett Syndrome Research Trust (RSRT) is very pleased to name David Scheer and James Trainor to our Professional Advisory Council, effective ...
March 18, 2012
A paper published online today in Nature describes the results of using a bone marrow transplant (BMT) to replace faulty immune system cells in ...
November 1, 2011
Horizon Media, A2A Media, Garage Media Join Forces To Create Pro Bono PSA The Rett Syndrome Research Trust is pleased to announce a campaign to ...
September 7, 2011
The Rett Syndrome Research Trust (RSRT) announced today the creation of the MECP2 Consortium, a dynamic collaboration between the laboratories of ...
June 29, 2011
A paper published online today in Nature reveals that glia play a key role in preventing the progression of the most prominent Rett Syndrome ...
June 2, 2011
A paper published online today in Science provides evidence that the Methyl-CpG-Binding Protein 2 (MeCP2) is required throughout life to maintain ...
April 27, 2011
The Rett Syndrome Research Trust (RSRT), the premier organization exclusively devoted to global research on Rett Syndrome and related MECP2 ...
November 10, 2010
The laboratory of Huda Zoghbi, where the discovery that mutations in the gene MECP2 cause the severe childhood neurological disorder Rett ...
September 29, 2010
The Rett Syndrome Research Trust (RSRT) is pleased to initiate two new gene therapy projects in the fight against Rett Syndrome. Both projects ...
New Research Trust Dedicated to Furthering Treatment of Rett Syndrome Launched in the United Kingdom
July 21, 2010
A new non-profit organisation, the Rett Syndrome Research Trust UK (RSRT UK) launches today. Set up by the families of girls and women with Rett ...
March 30, 2010
Melior Discovery, Inc. announced today that it has entered into collaboration with the Rett Syndrome Research Trust to screen drug-candidates in ...
February 25, 2010
A paper published online today in Molecular Cell proposes that Methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2) impacts the entire genome in neurons, rather ...
September 14, 2009
The Rett Syndrome Research Trust (RSRT) announced today the creation of a Professional Advisory Council in support of RSRT’s goal of curing ...