International SCN2A Awareness Day
February 24 · Level 5 · #1297 of 2238
A day that draws attention to rare neurological conditions linked to changes in the SCN2A gene. It helps families, doctors and researchers find one another and speak up.
How it is celebrated: families, clinicians and researchers share stories online, explain the diagnosis in plain words and raise money for research. The aim is that both specialists and the wider public learn the name.
The SCN2A gene carries the instructions for a sodium channel protein that helps nerve cells send electrical signals. It sits on chromosome 2.