Living with CMT: Finding Answers in the SORD Gene

Demystifying Genetics by Matt Burgess

Aug 25, 202528:21Science & Medicine

In this episode Matt Burgess interviews Darryl Beitsch about his lifelong experience with Charcot‑Marie‑Tooth (CMT) and the late discovery that his neuropathy is caused by mutations in the SORD gene. They discuss diagnos...

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