Fragile X syndrome is the most common inherited form of intellectual disability. Using short bits of DNA to fix improperly transcribed genes may one day be a potential treatment option.
Articles on fragile x syndrome
Displaying all articles
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a crippling, progressive neurodegenerative disease for which there is no cure. Now it seems that a diabetes drug may help some cases.
Cystic fibrosis, spinal muscular atrophy and fragile X syndrome are serious diseases, and most couples carrying the genetic mutations for these don’t know it. Should they all be tested?
Top contributors
-
Phd Student in Population Genetics, The University of Western Australia
-
Senior lecturer in Paediatric Neurology, UNSW
-
Professor, The University of Western Australia
-
Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia
-
Director, Center for NeuroGenetics and Kitzman Family Professor of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, University of Florida
-
Assistant Professor of Molecular Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
-
Professor of Neuroscience, UMass Chan Medical School