Since its identification less than a decade ago, researchers have learned a good deal about Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS). Not surprisingly, each advance has raised a set of new questions. Progress seems to [...]
Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Involvement The NFXF was one of multiple co-sponsors of this important gathering organized by Drs. Flora Tassone and Paul Hagerman of the UC Davis School of Medicine and MIND Institute. Executive [...]
The NFXF was excited to read this announcement from the University of Michigan Health System. There are a number of dedicated scientists and clinicians working on FXTAS, however new treatments have been slower in coming than for Fragile X syndrome.
Dr. Peter Todd, assistant professor in Neurology and co-director of the FX clinic at the University of Michigan thinks the study findings hold significant promise. “This is an interesting finding of a compound that has [...]
