World Fragile X Day “July 22”: “Right to Understand – together, we break barriers.”
To increase awareness of Fragile X Syndrome (FXS), the most prevalent inherited cause of intellectual disability and a major recognized genetic cause of autism spectrum disease, July 22 is designated as World Fragile X Day each year. Cause A mutation in the X chromosomal gene FMR1 is the cause of fragile X syndrome. This alteration […]
Commemorate World Fragile X Day July 22nd
Together for Awareness, Together for Hope What is Fragile X syndrome? A genetic disorder caused by a mutation in the FMR1 gene. Located on the X chromosome. Required for normal cognitive development and synaptic function in the brain. In individuals with FXS, there is an abnormal expansion of the CGG triplet repeat in the FMR1 […]