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In 2017, a man affected by autism underwent his first DNA blood test at the age of 40. He tested positive for Fragile X Syndrome (FXS)<\/strong>. This shows the lack of awareness and appropriate training in diagnosing FXS.<\/span><\/p>\n About Fragile X Syndrome<\/b><\/p>\n Fragile X syndrome(FXS)<\/b> is a genetic disorder. It is also known as Martin-Bell syndrome or Marker X syndrome<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n The syndrome is the leading inherited cause of <\/b>autism in 4% of the population worldwide. <\/span>Boys often have a more serious form of it than girls.<\/span><\/p>\n Caused by:<\/b> The syndrome <\/span>is caused by changes in a gene called FMR1, which makes an important protein (FMRP)<\/strong>. This protein is required for brain development<\/strong>. <\/span>Children with <\/span>Fragile X syndrome <\/b>make too little or none of it<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n Symptoms:<\/b> The symptoms are learning difficulty, speech delay, aggressive behaviour, hyperactivity, attention deficit, problems in motor skills, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n Passed on from <\/b>A mother who is a carrier<\/strong> of FXS has a 50% chance of passing the mutated gene to her children, who will either be carriers or have FXS. Men who are carriers do not pass the pre-mutation to their sons, but only daughters, who become carriers<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Estimated cases of Fragile X Syndrome in India: <\/b>It is estimated there are 4 lakh individuals who have been identified with mutated FMRI in India and 40 lakh undiagnosed carriers of the gene.<\/span><\/p>\n Diagnosis: <\/b>The simplest tool for timely detection of <\/span>Fragile X Syndrome i<\/span>s a DNA test<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n Treatment:<\/b> The disorder <\/span>cannot be cured, but early therapy can improve the individual\u2019s quality of life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Source:<\/b> This post is based on the article<\/span> \u201cDetecting Fragile X Syndrome\u201d <\/b>p<\/span>ublished in<\/span> The Hindu <\/b>on<\/span> 8th September 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the News? In 2017, a man affected by autism underwent his first DNA blood test at the age of 40. He tested positive for Fragile X Syndrome (FXS). This shows the lack of awareness and appropriate training in diagnosing FXS. About Fragile X Syndrome Fragile X syndrome(FXS) is a genetic disorder. It is… Continue reading Detecting Fragile X Syndrome<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[9556,9094,9645,9646],"class_list":["post-132822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-biology","tag-biotechnology","tag-disease","tag-fragile-x-syndrome","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}