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Loss of enzyme reduces neural activity in Angelman syndrome (Science Daily)
Angelman syndrome (AS) is a debilitating neurological disorder characterized by mental retardation and a high frequency of autism. Researchers have now found that the gene mutation underlying AS appears to affect the ability of neurons to communicate and to properly develop during the first few years of life, a time when brain activity is "rewired" by external stimuli. -
Emerging from Stealth Mode, Afraxis Makes Hires (San Diego Business Journal)
Afraxis, a San Diego•based biotech testing a treatment for Fragile X syndrome, said March... -
Asuragen, UC-Davis MIND Institute Publish Study Vetting PCR-Based Assay for Fragile X Mutations (GenomeWeb News)
Researchers from Asuragen and the MIND Institute at the University of California, Davis, have published a study demonstrating how Asuragen's PCR-based method for detecting mutations associated with fragile X syndrome is faster, more accurate, and more sensitive than existing methods. -
This Week in PLoS (GenomeWeb News)
This week in PLoS ONE , researchers report that missense mutations in FMR1 are not a cause of the Fragile X syndrome phenotype in patients who have normal-length CGG-repeat expansions. -
Asuragen And The UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute Publish Results Of A Study Evaluating A Novel Fragile X PCR Assay (Medical News Today)
Asuragen, Inc. announced the results of a collaborative study with scientists at the M.I.N.D. Institute at the University of California Davis evaluating a new PCR technology that reproducibly reports mutations associated with Fragile X syndrome (FXS). The study, titled "A novel FMR1 Method for the Routine Detection of Low Abundance Expanded Alleles and Full Mutations in Fragile X Syndrome," was ... -
Congressman Bill Delahunt Reflects (Vineyard Gazette)
Thirty-five years ago, at the end of the Viet Nam war, there was a mass evacuation of Vietnamese orphans who had been adopted by Americans and other nationalities. One of the parents anxiously waiting for news of Operation Babylift was one William Delahunt. It was a nerve-racking time. Mr. Delahunt thought his new adopted daughter was on the first flight out. Then he learned the first flight ... -
Some diseases are on the decline (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Some of mankind's most devastating inherited diseases appear to be declining, and a few have nearly disappeared, because more people are using genetic testing to decide whether to have children. -
Asuragen and the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute Publish Results of a Study Evaluating a Novel Fragile X PCR Assay (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
AUSTIN, Texas----Asuragen, Inc. announced today the results of a collaborative study with scientists at the M.I.N.D. Institute at the University of California Davis evaluating a new PCR technology that reproducibly reports mutations associated with Fragile X syndrome . -
Loss Of Enzyme Reduces Neural Activity In Angelman Syndrome (Medical News Today)
Angelman Syndrome is a rare but serious genetic disorder that causes a constellation of developmental problems in affected children, including mental retardation, lack of speech, and in some cases, autism. Over a decade ago, researchers found that AS was caused by mutation in a single gene, but no one had been able to explain how this defect resulted in the debilitating neurological symptoms of ... -
Floored: Advocate group visits House (The Hill)
Their day starts before 8 a.m., when they meet Rep. Harper on the Capitol’s east steps for the standard group photo. Read more...
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