Researchers at Tel Aviv University say they have made a breakthrough and uncovered new factors linked to Williams Syndrome. Their findings may contribute to the development of treatments to enable the normal expression of genes essential for brain development in people suffering from the syndrome. The research was led by Dr. Boaz Barak from the […]
Tel Aviv University researchers make discovery that one of the deleted genes linked to Williams syndrome is responsible for mitochondrial function and regulation in the brain’s nerve cells.
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The syndrome in the past has been estimated to occur in about one in every 20,000 live births, but more recently, it's closer to one in ever 7,500 live births.