I knew the moment I conceived Jethro, at that moment and the following day. A few weeks later this was confirmed as I had to sit down during a morning yoga class otherwise I would have fainted. I was working part-time at a college of Natural Therapies and had been studying Yoga Teacher Training for […]
TJ’s STORY No one could prepare us for the change that was coming to our lives when TJ was born or the journey that was ahead of us. It is not an easy path, but it is well worth traveling and has grown our faith and truly taught us about God’s love. TJ is our […]
Join us on Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 6pm Eastern time as we host researcher, Dr. Rebekah Charney. This event has been postponed due to illness – stay posted for updates on the new date/time. Dr. Charney is a developmental and stem cell biologist currently working as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of […]
Released November 1, 2021 The Mowat-Wilson Syndrome Foundation has released a short educational video to help family caregivers share valuable information about their adult/child with Mowat-Wilson Syndrome (MWS), which is a rare genetic disorder. The video includes information and perspectives from Drs. Mowat and Wilson, who identified the syndrome in 1998, and Jackie Arnold, the […]
Join us on Thursday, October 7th, 2021 at 11 am Eastern time as we host researcher, Sumantra Chatterjee, a Research Assistant Professor at the Centre for Human Genetics and Genomics in NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York. Sumantra has trained both as a developmental biologist and a human geneticist studying complex congenital diseases. His work […]
Mowat-Wilson Syndrome Growth Charts Male & Female | Height | Weight | BMI | Head Circumference Mowat–Wilson syndrome (MWS; OMIM #235730) is a genetic condition caused by heterozygous mutations or deletions of the ZEB2 gene. It is characterized by moderate-severe intellectual disability, epilepsy, Hirschsprung disease and multiple organ malformations of which congenital heart defects and […]
Guidelines and Recommendations for Families Affected by MWS The Mowat-Wilson Foundation has received a number of questions about how coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may affect individuals with MWS. We hope that you and your family are staying safe and healthy. During this time, the best source to turn to for information about your family member […]
MWS Community Advisory Board Established. Members Selected. The MWS Foundation recently established our first Community Advisory Board (CAB). The idea behind the CAB is to put in place a more efficient process to gain input from the MWS community. We have selected 14 members (10 U.S. and 4 International) from the MWS community to begin […]
