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A cure, certainly not, but it may be feasible to research and develop some bandaid fixes that at least alleviate or reduce some of the more debilitating effects.
Or, while a bit controversial, maybe come up with some solid tools for early prenatal detection, and then develop some prenatal treatments that might correct the issues while it's still somewhat doable (on request of the parents of course).
That is of course assuming that ot is genetic, which it may be. There is also the distinct possibility that it is due to exposure to some environmental toxin. It may be combination of both. In which case, removing said toxin from human consumption would be how it would be stopped.
I absolutely agree. Environmental factors, or a combination of those and genetic variables are almost certainly something to consider. I was mostly throwing that out there as just one example of how there's a lot of sound practical reasons to advocate for more investigation and research.