Understudied But 'Significant Public Health Issue' FXTAS is Focus of First-of-Its-Kind Research at KU
December 12, 2024
December 12, 2024
LAWRENCE, Kansas, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news:
The most common inherited cause of intellectual disability, fragile X syndrome, is caused by mutations in a single gene, the FMR1 gene. FMR1 mutations occur when parents possess a smaller mutation, or "premutation," that then mutates further in the child.
These premutations previously were thought to be benign outside of their potential to cause fragile X syndrome in off . . .
The most common inherited cause of intellectual disability, fragile X syndrome, is caused by mutations in a single gene, the FMR1 gene. FMR1 mutations occur when parents possess a smaller mutation, or "premutation," that then mutates further in the child.
These premutations previously were thought to be benign outside of their potential to cause fragile X syndrome in off . . .