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Community Rallies Around Hudson Valley Girl, 6, With Rare Genetic Mutation

Community Rallies Around Hudson Valley Girl, 6, With Rare Genetic Mutation

Community Rallies Around Hudson Valley Girl, 6, With Rare Genetic Mutation A Westchester community is rallying around a 6-year-old girl from Westchester suffering from one of the rarest genetic diseases around the globe. A New Rochelle family has launched the Yellow Brick Road Project - named in the spirit of “The Wizard of Oz,” and the friends Dorothy makes along her journey - in an effort to raise awareness and eventually cure HNRNPH2 mutations, which have impacted their daughter. “Like the Scarecrow who wishes for a brain, our girls’ neurological development is severely impaired and impacts everything; we strive to improve their cognition. Like the Cowardly Lio…

02/22/2018