Researchers Find Gene behind Disorder Causing Intellectual Disability — VOA Learning English
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Scientists have found the genetic root of a disorder that causes intellectual disability. They say the disorder may affect as many as one in 20,000 young people.
Those with the disorder share a number of conditions, which also include short stature, small heads, seizures and low muscle mass, said the researchers. They published their findings in Nature Medicine.
“We were struck by how common this disorder is” when compared with other rare diseases linked to a single gene, said study lead investigator Ernest Turro of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. The researcher say the findings could help doctors in identifying, the disorder.
Charles Billington is a geneticist at…
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