Brain disorders that cause intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorders may share common defects despite having different genetic causes, a new study has found. The findings suggest that ...

A study is one of the first to show the life-changing benefits of genome-wide sequencing for children with certain kinds of intellectual disability, report scientists. A study published in the New ...

(Vancouver, Canada - May 25, 2016) A study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine is one of the first to show the life-changing benefits of genome-wide sequencing for children with ...

One of society’s greatest medical challenges is to understand and develop effective treatments for disorders of intellectual disability (ID). Around 2–3 percent of the global population meet the ...

It used to take several years or sometimes decades to unequivocally identify the genes that cause rare human syndromes that affect very few individuals. Nowadays, however, human geneticists and fly ...

Persons with cognitive disabilities may have difficulty with various types of mental tasks. Intellectual disabilities, are a group of disorders defined by diminished cognitive and adaptive development ...

CLEMSON, South Carolina—Like many college students pestered by nosy relatives, Sydney Davis, a sophomore, is not exactly forthcoming when her boyfriend comes up in conversation. The couple has been ...

(Reuters Health) - Parents who use reproductive technologies like in vitro fertilization (IVF) may be more likely to have children with intellectual disabilities than those who conceive without help, ...

Brain disorders that cause intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorders may share common defects despite having different genetic causes, a study has found. A study of two models of ...