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Fragile X syndrome, the most common form of inherited intellectual disability, may be unfolding in brain cells even before birth, despite typically going undiagnosed until age 3 or later. A new study published today in the journal Neuron by…

Express News Service Can you light up a building in teal?  It’s a favour Shalini Kedia has been requesting from almost everyone in her social circle since April this year. This peculiar demand was part of a strategy…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A man watches stock quotations on an electronic board outside a brokerage, in Tokyo, Japan, March 20, 2023. REUTERS/Androniki Christodoulou/File Photo By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in…

Boosting the activity of inhibitory interneurons in Fragile X mice reduced their hypersensitivity to sensory stimuli, according to a new Neuron study led by UCLA Health researchers. Fragile X Syndrome, which is caused by a mutation in a…

An antisense therapy developed by Joel D. Richter, PhD, Sneha Shah, PhD, and Jonathan K. Watts, PhD, at UMass Chan Medical School and Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, MD, PhD, at RUSH University Medical Center, restores production of the protein…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People walk outside the Bank of England in the City of London financial district in London, Britain May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls//File Photo A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from…

HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — Border Patrol medical staff declined to review the file of a an 8-year-old girl with a chronic heart condition and rare blood disorder before she appeared to have a seizure and died on her…

Clashes between rival military factions broke out on Wednesday in Sudan's capital Khartoum, residents said, threatening to shatter a fragile ceasefire designed to allow for the delivery of aid and create conditions for a more…

JEREMY MAGGS: Economic inequality, political division and social unrest have all contributed to mounting anxiety about the country’s future. On the programme this week, the chief executive officer of Sygnia, Magda Wierzycka, said we’d…

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is easily spread through bodily fluids, primarily saliva, such as kissing, shared drinks or using the same eating utensils. Not surprisingly then, EBV is also among the most ubiquitous of viruses: More than 90%…