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Student and family strive to raise awareness about rare genetic disease

by Kate Evans

Berkeley Springs High School senior Rachel Nuckles has struggled with the challenges of living with what doctors thought was cerebral palsy since she was around age one.  When two neurologists weren’t sure that was her correct diagnosis, Nuckles had genetic testing done in 2021 that indicated she was positive for the pathogenic KIDINS220 gene variant.

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