Biologists Find Link Between CGG Repeats and Mental Disorders
Sunday, January 11, 2009 - 13:21
in Health & Medicine
CGG repeats not only stall the cell's replication process but also thwart the cell's capacity to repair and restart it. Tufts University researchers focused on this CGG repeat because it is associated with hereditary neurological disorders such as fragile X syndrome and FRAXE mental impairment.
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