While the definitive causes remain unclear, several genetic and environmental factors increase the likelihood of autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, a group of conditions covering a "spectrum" of ...

Researchers have found that a new base-editing gene therapy can help treat a rare neurodevelopmental disorder called Snijders ...

A new study published in PLOS Biology suggests that a specific cocktail of dietary supplements may help alleviate behavioral challenges associated with autism spectrum disorder. The research provides ...

One of those genes encodes the enzyme DHDDS, part of the pathway that glycosylates proteins in higher cells. Retinitis pigmentosa from DHDDS mutations is called RP59. This is a recessive genetic ...

Retinitis pigmentosa retinal degeneration is caused by a family of hereditary mutations in nearly 100 genes that slowly lead to blindness over years or decades. One of those genes encodes the enzyme ...

Researchers have produced a new mouse model that replicates how the most common form of human eye cancer develops over time. The model recreates the same step-by-step genetic changes found in patients ...

Achondroplasia, also known as short-limb dwarfism, is associated with neurological symptoms and complications due to ...

Gene therapy that can cross the blood–brain barrier represents a non-invasive way to map gene expression in the brains of ...

Deleting a gene called PTEN in certain brain cells disrupts the brain’s fear circuitry and triggers anxiety-like behavior in mice — key traits seen in autism. Researchers mapped how this genetic tweak ...

Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a gene therapy that could potentially treat a rare and currently fatal ...