“In mid-July, the institute announced that it had completed its first crowdfunding gene sequencing and discovered what it believes is the root cause afflicting 4-year-old Bronx resident Maya Nieder.”

“Late Last week, a breakthrough finally came. RG researchers noticed a mutation in a gene, active during fetal development that has never been documented in medical literature before.”

“[RG] carefully screens kids and matches them with researches”

“Maya’s mom turned to the Rare Genomics Institute … which helped her raise money online to sequence Maya’s exome”

“RG not only sequences the actual DNA of the patient, but they also help with community fundraising efforts as well as providing links between patients and experts in the requisite field of disease study”

“Those findings will help not only Balazs, but others struggling with rare genetic diseases … That is giving hope to those who desperately need it”