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Veronica, Thea’s Mom, has started a blog sharing her and her family’s TANGO2 journey – click here to go to Notes from a Rare Disease Mom From Veronica: “In 2017, my then 2 year old daughter was diagnosed with a rare disease called Tango2 disease. Since then, we have been searching for answers and treatments.Read more

ABC 13 in Houston, TX recently ran a feature highlighting Sammy, The Lopez Family and the groundbreaking work now underway at Baylor and Texas Children’s under the direction of Dr. Miyake and Dr. Lalani. Thank you to Sammy’s family for helping to tell the TANGO2 story and raise awareness for all, Drs. Miyake & LalaniRead more

A natural history is the single best avenue to study traits of TANGO2 and how these traits progress over time With so little currently known about TANGO2, the collective data in a natural history study provides a resource to physicians that can potentially help treat children in crisis today A natural history study can helpRead more

UPDATE 6/7/2018 – NOW ACCEPTING PATIENTSFamilies can contact Dr. Christina Miyake at cymiyake@bcm.edu for further information. We received word at this past Sunday’s TANGO2 Research Foundation board meeting that the Baylor IRB protocol for a TANGO2 Study has been approved! The official title of the IRB is Understanding the underlying mechanism of TANGO2 disease –Read more