Scientists uncover patterns of genetic changes in mental retardation

Friday, June 26, 2009 - 07:28 in Biology & Nature

Researchers at Radboud University Medical Centre, together with UK Medical Research Council scientists at Oxford University, have uncovered some of the central characteristics of genes underlying mental retardation. The research, which shortens the list of genes whose changes lead to this disorder from thousands to several dozen, is published 26 June in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics...

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