believe it or not," he said. "But there are a set of genes that if you only have one copy, or three copies, anything away from the typical two, it causes developmental problems. And that's what we've seen in autism."
We used “autism spectrum disorder” and “attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder” as search terms. While 86 SNPs were associated with ASD and 26 SNPs were associated with ADHD (p values <5.0 × 10−8), all of them were located on autosomal genes and none were identified on the X...
Network- and attribute- based classifiers can prioritize genes and pathways for autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disability. Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet. 2012;160C:130-42.Kou Y, Betancur C, Xu H, et al. : Network- and attribute-based classifiers can prioritize genes and ...
One of the best-studied autism genes is FMR1 that is also responsible for causing fragile X syndrome (FXS). The degree of cognitive deficits observed in fragile X patients ranges from mild learning disabilities to severe mental retardation, with progressive cognitive decline occurring with time. ...
Speaking Two Languages Might Sharpen Thinking Skills in Kids With Autism For Less Severe Child Peanut Allergies, Small Doses of Peanut Butter May Help Shark Attacks Plummeted Worldwide Last Year Breast Cancer: Fear of Recurrence Can Haunt Women for Years More Health News » What causes schizophre...
When not studying or running the house or raising her sons, Jennifer volunteers with JDRF, mentoring local families who are newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, as well as raising awareness and encouraging radical acceptance of those living with autism and ADHD. Check out previous stories by ...
Advantages of usingDrosophilato study GUMBA in autism. (1) Transgenic flies can be generated to overexpress or knockdown genes of interest in the whole organism or specific cells. The expression of proteins can be easily visualized using immunohistochemistry. The effect of gene knockdown on brain de...
Dyslexia tends to run in families. It appears to be linked tocertain genes that affect how the brain processes reading and language, as well as risk factors in the environment. Is dyslexia a form of autism? Dyslexia and autism aretwo different types of disorders. No. Dyslexia and autism are...
aThe great hope for ongoing epigenetic research is that with the flick of a biochemical switch, we could tell genes that play a role in many diseases—including cancer, schizophrenia, autism, Alzheimer's, diabetes and many others—to lie dormant. We could, at long last, have a trump card ...
29 were reported to have features of autism. Patients with duplication of only the RAI1 locus have not been described. Here, the molecular assays of 35 subjects with dup(17)(p11.2p11.2) are reported. Of these subjects, 22 harbor a “common” duplication (∼3.7 Mb), and 13 harbor non...