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UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute Researchers To Begin Widespread Newborn Screening For Fragile X Syndrome (Medical News Today)
Researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute will launch the first widespread newborn screening for the genetic mutation that results in fragile X syndrome, the single most common inherited cause of mental retardation. Using a test they developed, the researchers will screen as many as 30,000 infants during the next five years as part of a $2. -
Roos honored at International Fragile X Conference (The Canton Daily Ledger)
ST. LOUIS -- Holly Roos of Canton was among those honored at the 11th International Fragile X Conference last month. -
Company says vitamins tailor-made to counter DNA flaws (Rocky Mountain News)
A new company began this month launching personalized vitamins, concocted to counter the foibles of DNA — not just anyone's DNA, but your very own. -
Local families taking on Hollywood (ABC11 Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville)
Some say they are upset with the latest Ben Stiller movie. -
Building independence (The Journal-Standard)
Lead staff member at the Xtreme Xpeditions Summer Camp Olivia Shaffer works with Josh, one of the campers, on August 4, 2008, at Freeport Junior High School. -
Smith superb in SA victory (BBC News)
Why Graeme Smith's Edgbaston century will be remembered for a long time -
Jonathan Agnew column (BBC News)
"England's well-publicised batting problems cost them" -
High Hopes for New Treatments at Fragile X International Conference (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Breakthrough research findings describing potentially significant new treatments for fragile X syndrome will be presented to nearly 1,000 family members and professionals at the 11th International Fragile X Conference in St. -
Harold Pollack: Slaying himself with the jawbone of an ass: Michael Savage on autism (HuffingtonPost)
Let me to start with a sappy tangent. Some decades ago, my brother-in-law Vincent ran in a Special Olympic race with many other contestants. He... -
(AFX UK Focus) 2008-07-22 08:20 Neuropharm posts positive results of phase IIA clinical trials in NPL-2005, 2009 (Interactive Investor)
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Neuropharm Group Plc., a speciality pharmaceutical company focused on neuro-developmental disorders, said it has received positive results of its phase IIA clinical trial of NPL-2005 in children and adolescents with Fragile X syndrome.
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