MAY 31, 2024 by The Mount Sinai Hospital Schematic showing the structures of U4 and U6 RNAs, and the interactions between them. Mutations in the highlighted regions of U4 cause a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects tens of thousands. Credit: Lab of Ernest Turro, Ph.D., at Icahn Mount Sinai. Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine...
by University of Oxford Incidence rates by age band for major osteoporotic fracture in women and men with and without intellectual disability. Number of fractures per 10,000 person years by age. Filled circles represent age band specific incidence rates. Age bands are 1-year in children and 5-year in adults. The bars represent 95% CI. Credit: eClinicalMedicine (2022)....
by Washington University School of Medicine Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a previously unknown function for the fragile X protein, the loss of which is the leading inherited cause of intellectual disability. The researchers showed that the protein modulates how neurons in the brain’s memory center process information,...
by University of Nevada, Las Vegas UNLV Department of Psychology neuroscientist Rochelle Hines (right) and student Betsua Garcia-Trujillo are members of a research team that studied the gene and brain proteins that contribute to adverse symptoms among people with intellectual disability syndrome. Credit: Josh Hawkins/UNLV Photo Services Science is one step closer to developing targeted...
UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI The prevalence of intellectual disabilities, which means difficulties with learning and understanding new things, is roughly 1-2% in the population. People with a severe intellectual disability need help from others in daily activities throughout their lives. Such disabilities can be caused by genetic changes or external factors. According to estimates, roughly 2,500...
PURDUE UNIVERSITY A PURDUE UNIVERSITY TEAM DEVELOPED A FULLY IMPLANTABLE TRANSMITTER CHIP FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NODES AND BIOMEDICAL DEVICES. view more CREDIT: HANSRAJ BHAMRA/PURDUE UNIVERSITY WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University innovators are working on inventions to use micro-chip technology in implantable devices and other wearable products such as smart watches to improve biomedical devices,...
MURDOCH CHILDRENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE CANNABIDIOL, A TYPE OF MEDICINAL CANNABIS, MAY REDUCE SEVERE BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY A NEW STUDY HAS FOUND. view more CREDIT: TATEVOSIAN YANA Cannabidiol, a type of medicinal cannabis, may reduce severe behavioural problems in children and adolescents with an intellectual disability a new study...
In a surprising finding using the standard animal model of Down syndrome (DS), scientists were able to correct the learning and memory deficits associated with the condition — the leading genetic cause of cognitive disability and the most frequently diagnosed chromosomal disorder in the U.S. — with drugs that target the body’s response to cellular...
Protein snippet normalizes disrupted neural connectivity caused by genetic disorder, Tel Aviv University researchers say AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY Activity-dependent neuroprotective protein syndrome (ADNP syndrome) is a rare genetic condition that causes developmental delays, intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder symptoms in thousands of children worldwide. There is no known remedy for the disorder. A...
Caenorhabditis elegans. Your brain needs just the right balance between excitatory “on” signals and inhibitory “calm down” signals. Now scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have shown that a protein helps balance nerve cell communication. The new study, published today online in the journal Cell Reports, could have implications for...
