Recessive describes a trait that appears only when both inherited copies of the gene carry the same variant. A single recessive copy produces no trait on its own, because the other copy provides enough normal function. This is the opposite of dominant, where one copy is enough. In CMT, a recessive subtype means the associated gene carries two mutations, one from each parent, making the person homozygous for that variant.
When Medicine Lost Its Compass
Evidence failed not because it was wrong, but because it was weaponized. I lived the downstream effects of that failure for more than a decade. This is what happens when medicine forgets that data always ends in a human being.
