Fragile X syndrome Archives
Nobel in Chemistry reveals VU ties that bind
Oct. 18, 2012—Several Vanderbilt researchers have collaborated with this year's Nobel Chemistry winners.
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center to hold free symposium on fragile X
Jul. 30, 2012—The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Fragile X Treatment Research Program will present information and current research on fragile X at a symposium titled “Transitions and Adulthood.” The free event is Monday, Aug. 20, at 6:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Nashville-Vanderbilt and is open to family members, friends, researchers, clinicians, students, community professionals and disability advocates....
Researchers strive to refill drug discovery ‘pipeline’
Oct. 3, 2011—Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have made substantial progress in developing potential new treatments for Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia and fragile X syndrome, the most common genetic form of autism.
Forum on fragile X syndrome June 20
May. 31, 2011—Panelists will discuss how research findings are improving clinical care of this inherited disability.
Neuroscience drug discovery center opens at Vanderbilt
Mar. 11, 2011—Vanderbilt University Medical Center has established a new Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery to accelerate research that may lead to new treatments for Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia and other disorders of the brain.