The initial study by Derecki et al. transplanted wild-type (WT) bone marrow (BM) into an irradiated mouse model of RTT, Mecp2 null mouse (Mecp2-/y(Mecp2tm1.1Jae/y))prior to phenotypic symptom onset (~4 weeks of age) (Derecki et al., 2012). Here, MECP2 is linked to Rett syndrome.