Brain (Image by Giorgia Quadrato)

Lab uses brain organoids to study intellectual disability, with support from the SynGAP Research Fund

Maybe a child misses a developmental milestone, such as rolling over, or saying that first word. Perhaps the child also falls down due to seizures, or develops symptoms of an autism spectrum disorder. Eventually, a doctor pinpoints the cause: a rare and spontaneous variant in a gene called SYNGAP1, which leads to a variety of…Continue Reading Lab uses brain organoids to study intellectual disability, with support from the SynGAP Research Fund