Thursday, January 17, 2008

Reason for Fragile X syndrome identified

A research conducted by the UT Southwestern Medical Centre shed light on how brain cells are affected in Fragile X syndrome. It is considered as the main reason for inherited mental retardation and genetic cause of autism. The disease got its name because it affects a single gene, Fmr1 on the X chromosome.

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