In the largest study of its kind, researchers from a consortium of 44 universities and research institutions in the United States, including Rush University Medical Center, identified four new genes linked to Alzheimer’s disease. Each gene individually adds to the risk of having this common fo[...]
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14 February, 2011 12:07 § in Cognitive Neuroscience
Gene Variants Lead to Autism and Mental Retardation: Inner Structure of Nerve Synapses Defective in Patients.
Researchers working with Professor Gudrun Rappold, Director of the Department of Molecular Human Genetics at Heidelberg University Hospital, have discovered previously unknown mutations in autistic and mentally impaired patients in what is known as the SHANK2 gene, a gene that is partially responsib[...]
17 March, 2010 08:00 § in Brain and health
A better genetic test for autism
A large study from Children’s Hospital Boston and the Boston-based Autism Consortium finds that a genetic test that samples the entire genome, known as chromosomal microarray analysis, has about three times the detection rate for genetic changes related to autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) than[...]
