Archive for the 'Fragile X' Category

Flawed Stem Cells and Fragile X

The study of flawed stem cells may hold answers to a potential treatment for Fragile X. Read more about it in this interesting and informative article.

Teams Raise $12,000 For Fragile X

Six football teams in Illinois raised over $12,000 for the Fragile X Research Foundation in honor of one team’s coach who has a son with this syndrome. For more on this heartwarming story, please read the whole article.

New Fragile X Articles

An article on how one family deals with their son’s Fragile X and the strength that he brought to them. A Fragile X study brings hope for those with Autism. Another story of a family coping with their son’s diagnosis of Fragile X Syndrome.

Chris Benoit and the Fragile X Connection.

Last week the wrestling world was shocked and saddened to hear of the murder/suicide of Chris Benoit and his family. It seems as though his son might have had Fragile X Syndrome. Here are a few articles that discuss the situation. Article 1 Article 2 Article 3 Raising a child with a disability is a [...]

Fragile X

This is an interesting articleon the progress of understanding the Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein. From Science Daily: an article on Fragile X Syndrome that shows a stimulating environment restores neuron function in mice that have been genetically altered to have the same symptoms as people with Fragile X.