Discovered a cause of mental retardation and autism

(IDIBELL-Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute) The term intellectual disability covers a large number of clinical entities, some with known cause and others of uncertain origin. For example Down syndrome is due to an extra copy of chromosome 21 and Rett syndrome is in part caused by a mutation in the control switch gene called MeCP2.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-07/ibri-dac072015.php

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - July 20, 2015 Category: Biology Source Type: news