news CRISPR-Gold used to reduce repetitive behaviours in FXS 26 June 2018 | By Drug Target Review Gold nanoparticles carried Cas9 enzyme into brain, editing receptor and lessening burying behaviour...
news Fragile X imaging study reveals differences in infant brains 5 April 2018 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review) For the first time, researchers have used MRIs to show that babies with the neurodevelopmental condition fragile X syndrome had less-developed white matter compared to infants that did not develop the condition...
news Selective PDE4D inhibitor shows potential to treat Fragile X syndrome 8 November 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review) Preclinical research suggests the potential utility of BPN14770, as a prospective treatment for Alzheimer's disease...
news Potential new treatment for Fragile X targets one gene to affect many 6 November 2017 | By Dr Zara Kassam (Drug Target Review) Inhibitors of chromatin remodelling proteins may be a potential treatment for Fragile X Syndrome...
news Nutlin-3 reverses damage from the mutation that causes fragile X 27 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer Fragile x mice models treated with Nutlin-3 regained the ability to remember what they had seen, and smelled, in their first visit to a test chamber...