Mutations in FMR1, the gene encoding fragile X messenger ribonucleoprotein 1 (FMRP), located at Xq27.3 and discovered in 1991, are the leading single-gene causes of autism and intellectual disability.
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Scientists erased anxiety in mice by tuning a single gene in one cluster of amygdala neurons, then watched normal social behavior return
Researchers reversed anxiety, depression-like behavior, and social withdrawal in mice by correcting the dosage of a single ...
The ability of different genetic variants—changes to one or more building blocks of DNA—to cause disease, and to what extent, has historically been opaque. Geneticist and Crick group leader Greg ...
Scientists have discovered that a single gene, GRIN2A, can directly cause mental illness—something previously thought to stem only from many genes acting together. People with certain variants of this ...
For decades, psychiatrists have told patients that conditions like schizophrenia and severe depression arise from a tangled mix of genes and life experience, with no single culprit to blame. Now ...
A single one-time gene therapy could free patients with α-thalassemia, a rare and debilitating blood disorder, from the burden of lifelong transfusions. A single one-time gene therapy could free ...
Researchers have uncovered shared genetic pathways that link multiple psychiatric disorders. These new findings have the potential to change the way psychiatric disorders are diagnosed and treated, ...
Scientists cannot reliably predict whether an individual carrying certain gene variants will eventually end up obese. Put ...
Genetic variants can take many different forms. For example, a single letter of the DNA alphabet might be miscopied, like a typo; or whole words, sentences or even chapters can be deleted or inserted ...
From cystic fibrosis to sickle cell disease, Down syndrome, and Klinefelter syndrome, these are some examples of genetic illnesses you should be aware of. You should also know that breast cancer, ...
The physical differences between men and women are all too obvious, but the biological divide goes right down to the cellular level in the brain, according to a new study published in the journal ...
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