UCLA Health researchers have identified a potential drug target for treating Fragile X syndrome, the most common genetic cause of intellectual disability and autism that affects roughly one in 2,000 boys.
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People with autism spectrum disorders commonly have difficulty processing sensory information, which can make busy, bright or loud settings—such as schools, airports and restaurants—stressful or even painful. The neurological ...
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UC Davis MIND Institute researchers Randi and Paul Hagerman are calling for increased awareness and screening for fragile X-associated conditions. In a new paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the husband-and-wife ...
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Researchers have developed an innovative new nanopore sequencing assay to identify carriers of fragile X syndrome (FXS), the leading cause of monogenic autism spectrum disorder and inherited intellectual disabilities. The ...
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How does coronavirus spread through the body? A new study, available on the preprint server bioRxiv, can help us answer that question. Professor Jakob Nilsson from the Novo Nordisk Center for Protein Research is one of the ...
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Researchers have found new disrupted genes and an unexpected molecular pattern—dubbed BREACHes—related to fragile X syndrome (FXS), a genetic disorder estimated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to impact ...
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Fragile X syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by a mutation in a gene that lies at the tip of the X chromosome. It is linked to autism spectrum disorders. People with fragile X experience a range of symptoms that include ...
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An antisense therapy developed by Joel D. Richter, Ph.D., Sneha Shah, Ph.D., and Jonathan K. Watts, Ph.D., at UMass Chan Medical School and Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, MD, Ph.D., at RUSH University Medical Center, restores production ...
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New research has identified a potential method for treating fragile X syndrome, a leading cause of autism spectrum disorders that is characterized by an inherited repeat of certain nucleotides within the DNA sequence of the ...
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A University of California, Riverside, study has identified the biological underpinnings of a reproductive disorder caused by the mutation of a gene. This gene mutation also causes Fragile X Syndrome, a leading genetic cause ...
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