They called him “the singing baby.” As a newborn, Maxwell Wheeler would lie in his crib, whistling shrilly as he breathed in and out. For Cari and Andrew Wheeler of Madera Ranchos, Calif., it was one ...

Fragile X syndrome is the most common cause of inherited mental retardation and the second leading cause of mental retardation overall, after Down syndrome. Since 1991, when the fragile X mental ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fragile X syndrome is a genetic condition that causes intellectual disability, learning challenges, autism and behavioral problems. It occurs in more boys than girls and you ...

Mothers and fathers and their young children crowded into an old, government-run children’s hospital in Belgrade, Serbia, colorful, cartoonish drawings covering its hallway walls. Parents struggled to ...

An experimental drug for the genetic disorder fragile X syndrome was ineffective in two studies in people. The syndrome, which is caused by a mutation on the X chromosome, can cause intellectual ...

Joel Richter receives funding from NIH and FRAXA. Sneha Shah receives funding from the FRAXA Research Foundation. Fragile X syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by a mutation in a gene that lies at ...

OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Osaka, Japan; Chief Executive Officer: Isao Teshirogi, Ph.D.; hereafter "Shionogi") announced the U ...

NEWBURY, Mass. – Andy Tranfaglia seemed to be getting better by the day. He stopped vomiting his meals. His coordination improved enough that he could return a volley on the tennis court. His ...

Yale scientists have discovered an underlying mechanism for Fragile X syndrome — a leading cause of autism and the primary genetic driver of intellectual disability — as well as a drug that reversed ...

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the leading inherited form of intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder, and patients can present with severe behavioural alterations, including hyperactivity, ...