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A research group led by two Tohoku University researchers has uncovered the role of CHAMP1 − a gene whose mutations are associated with intellectual disability − in neuronal development.
Details of their research were published in the journal Brain Communications on August 30, 2022.
Kozo Tanaka from the Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, and Noriko Osumi from the Graduate School of Medicine and their group studied mice with the CHAMP1 gene 'knocked out,' where one or both of the genes from father and mother were inactivated.
"We need further research of CHAMP1 so we can understand how intellectual disability occurs, and to ultimately find a way to treat it," said Tanaka. Dr Kozo will also attend our family conference and give us more updates.
You can read the full study here: http://ow.ly/REOB50KvM5M
Check the university post here: http://ow.ly/C6NV50KvM5J
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