… Findings Scientists find a new way to reverse symptoms of FragileX MIT scientists have identified a potential new strategy for treating FragileXsyndrome, a disorder that is the leading heritable cause of …
… November 20, 2020 Recent Events Down syndrome symposium highlights clinical, fundamental progress … overlaps between Down syndrome and a form of autism called FragileXsyndrome. Her lab is finding that the protein missing in …
… disrupting intellectual development in patients with Rett Syndrome, an autism-like disorder. Because t he brain is … Professor Mark Bear has been waging a battle against FragileXsyndrome , the leading heritable cause of intellectual …
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… for carrying this work forward.” Making a Mark on FragileX Today Picower Professor Mark Bear is a leading authority on the neurobiology of fragileXsyndrome, the most common inherited form of autism, but back …
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