Effective drugs for Parkinson's reduce symptoms of Rett syndrome in mice

(IDIBELL-Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute) IDIBELL researchers, led by the director of the Program for Epigenetics and Cancer Biology, ICREA researcher and Professor of Genetics at the University of Barcelona, Manel Esteller, have shown that a combination of effective drugs for Parkinson's disease in mice that are used as a model of human Rett syndrome reduces some of the symptoms associated with this disease.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news