...still more work to be done),” Dennis says. Extra repeats: Autistic girls have more repeats in the gene that is mutated in fragile X syndrome than do non-autistic sisters of...
...people with fragile X syndrome, is one such example. FMR1 is located on the X chromosome, and an expansion in the gene, which leads to intellectual disability and autism in...
...of autism, including mice lacking the fragile X syndrome gene. His team is also building on a project they published in 2013 in which they looked for patterns of alterations...
...too, could result from X chromosome aberrations. The chromosome holds the genetic culprits of two autism-related disorders: FMR1, which is mutated in fragile X syndrome, and MeCP2, which is mutated...
...(ADHD), obsessive-compulsive disorder or depression; and genetic conditions, including fragile X syndrome and tuberous sclerosis complex. How common are these conditions among people with autism? It depends on the condition,...
...Another research team showed that mice lacking FMR1, the gene responsible for fragile X syndrome, cannot discriminate between a target odor and a mixture of the target and a closely...
...the secrets it might reveal about fragile X syndrome, a condition closely related to autism. We hope this is only the first of our collaborations with Science. November saw the...
...that’s supported by the outcome of recent clinical trials. Researchers showed in September that a drug that targets the synapse improves social deficits in people with fragile X syndrome, an...