UC Davis MIND Institute researchers Randi and Paul Hagerman are calling for increased awareness and screening for fragile X-associated conditions. In a new paper published in the New England Journal ...

Friday is National Fragile X Syndrome Awareness Day. Here are a few facts about this interesting syndrome and the individuals it affects: — FXS is a genetic disorder in which there is missing or ...

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.

Quralis Corp. has entered into a number of agreements with the aim of advancing the treatment of fragile X syndrome, a genetic condition caused by a mutation of a single gene – fragile X messenger ...

Research on fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited cause of mental retardation, has focused mostly on how the genetic defect alters the functioning of neurons in the brain. A new study focusing ...

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc. (HRMY), today announced topline results from its Phase 3 registrational clinical trial (the RECONNECT Study) of ZYN002 in ...

UC Davis Health Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences David Hessl will help lead a major research project to develop better ways to measure treatments for fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia ...

Les Laboratoires Servier said that it agreed to acquire a potential treatment for Fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most common genetic cause of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), from its original developer ...

Fragile X disorders include two distinct conditions: fragile X syndrome (the most common single-gene cause of developmental delay and autism) and an entirely separate group of premutation syndromes.