Intellectual disability: Researchers identify 26 novel genes linked to mental retardation
Intellectual disability is frequently caused by recessive genes, meaning that an affected child gets a defective copy of the gene from each parent.
Apr 12, 2017, 10:12 AM IST
Genes linked to intellectual disability identified
The new findings, published in the online journal Molecular Psychiatry, could be applied to DNA screenings in determining the possibility of a couple producing a child with intellectual disability.
Sep 09, 2016, 15:57 PM IST
Autism, intellectual disability linked to mother's immune dysfunction
The findings showed that pregnant women with higher levels of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines may be at significantly greater risk of having a child with autism combined with intellectual disability.
Jun 08, 2016, 14:54 PM IST
