Article title: Patient personalized translational tools in cystic fibrosis to transform data from bench to bed-side and back Authors: Kavisha Arora, Fanmuyi Yang, John Brewington, Gary McPhail, Alexander R. Cortez, Nambirajan Sundaram, Yashaswini Ramananda, Herbert Ogden, Michael Helmrath, John P. Clancy,…
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Newly discovered genetic variants in a single gene cause neurodevelopmental disorder
Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered that genetic variants in a neuro-associated gene called SPTBN1 are responsible for causing a neurodevelopmental disorder. The study, published in Nature Genetics, is a first step in finding a potential therapeutic strategy for this disorder, and it increases the number of genes known to be associated with conditions that affect how the brain functions.