Samarasinghe, Ranmal A.
Miranda, Osvaldo A. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6618-6889
Buth, Jessie E.
Mitchell, Simon
Ferando, Isabella
Watanabe, Momoko http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5014-2849
Allison, Thomas F.
Kurdian, Arinnae
Fotion, Namie N. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8022-8651
Gandal, Michael J. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5800-5128
Golshani, Peyman http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5406-7695
Plath, Kathrin http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7796-3372
Lowry, William E. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2932-2276
Parent, Jack M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2972-1528
Mody, Istvan
Novitch, Bennett G. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2696-3708
Funding for this research was provided by:
American Epilepsy Society
Simons Foundation
UC | UCLA | Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California Los Angeles
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R25NS065723, K08NS119747, R01NS103788, R01NS030549, R01NS030549, R01NS089817)
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (EDUC2-08411, EDUC2-08411, DISC1-08819)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (K99HD096105, P50HD103557, P50HD103557, U54HD087101)
Uehara Memorial Foundation
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH123922, R01MH121521)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM099134)
Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
March of Dimes Foundation
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Aging (R01AG050474)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA051897)
UC | UCLA | UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center | Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation
Article History
Received: 29 August 2019
Accepted: 8 July 2021
First Online: 23 August 2021
Competing interests
: The use of pifithrin compounds to treat Rett Syndrome and fusion organoids to screen for preclinical efficacy is covered by a patent application filed by the UC Regents with R.A.S., W.E.L. and B.G.N. as inventors. The remaining authors declare no competing interests.