Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have published a pivotal study in Nature Genetics (DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01917-1) that sheds light on a novel genetic variant associated with intellectual capacities and educational outcomes.
Mount Sinai Health SystemSep 23 2024 Research ers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have published a pivotal study in Nature Genetics that sheds light on a novel genetic variant associated with intellectual capacities and educational outcomes. This discovery offers new insights into intellectual disability diagnostics and potential therapeutic avenues.
The genome contains a myriad of these tandem repeats that, when expanded, can disrupt the function of genes. Our research brings to light how these previously underappreciated genetic features can have a profound impact on human intelligence." Tandem repeats can be compared to sentences within the book of the human genome that are repeated several times. An excessive number of these repeats can lead to a disruption in the genetic instructions, impacting an individual's development and cognitive abilities, say the investigators.
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