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Westchester Community Rallies Around 6-Year-Old With Rare Genetic Mutation Westchester Community Rallies Around 6-Year-Old With Rare Genetic Mutation
Westchester Community Rallies Around 6-Year-Old 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…

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by Zak Failla