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Fragile X fixed in mice

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Animal studies suggest a way to treat the devastating mental retardation disorder.

Researchers have reversed almost all symptoms of fragile-X syndrome in a mouse model for the disease. In humans, fragile X is the most common form of heritable mental retardation and one of the leading known causes of autism.

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  1. Brendan Maher
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Maher, B. Fragile X fixed in mice. Nature (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2007.386

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