Primary Recipient

THE JACKSON LABORATORY

Amount

$174,000.00

Award Date

6/05/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Rett syndrome is a severe neurological disorder causing progressive loss of motor and language skills in girls. There is no cure for the disease, and existing treatments are very limited. Recent studies have demonstrated that mutations in the gene encodi