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Hope for NY toddler with brain disorder, as Israelis use his DNA in drug search


Nathan Jeffay is The Times of Israel s health and science correspondent
Scott and Ilissa Reich, with their son Eli and their daughter Emelia, at home in New York. (courtesy of the Reich family)
Israeli scientists have identified drugs that may help an American toddler with a rare and currently untreatable brain disorder, before it causes him severe disability and reduces his life expectancy.
Scott Reich, a Jewish lawyer and academic from New York, turned to Tel Aviv University in desperation after being told that his son Eli, age 2, has FOXG1 Syndrome.
The genetic condition causes inadequate production of the FOXG1 protein, which the brain needs in order to grow. People with the syndrome tend to have serious disability, caused by limited brain development, and few live beyond their teens. ....

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