First genes for stuttering: Common speech problem, in some cases, may actually be an inherited metabolic disorder
Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 00:14
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have identified three genes as a source of stuttering in some people. Mutations in two of the genes have already been implicated in rare metabolic disorders involved in cell recycling, while mutations in a third, closely related, gene have now been shown to be associated for the first time with a disorder in humans.