Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gypsy Rose Blanchard revealed that her daughter, Aurora, tested negative for 1q21.1 microdeletion, which is a genetic condition ...

Blanchard was first diagnosed with microdeletion 1Q21.1 in 2012 Gypsy-Rose Blanchard/Instagram Gypsy-Rose Blanchard's daughter has not inherited the rare genetic condition that she has. On Wednesday, ...

You might know that some prenatal tests screen for Down syndrome and other chromosomal disorders, but you may not have heard of microdeletions. This type of chromosomal disorder is more common than ...

Autism and mental retardation (MR) show high rates of comorbidity and potentially share genetic risk factors. In this study, a rare ∼2 Mb microdeletion involving chromosome band 15q13.3 was detected ...

In a recent study published in the Genes journal, researchers assessed the impact of PARK2 duplication or microdeletion on neurological diseases such as Parkinson's. The Parkinson's disease 2 (PARK2) ...

Chromosome 15q13.3 represents a hotspot for genomic rearrangements due to repetitive sequences mediating nonallelic homologous recombination. Deletions of 15q13.3 have been identified in the context ...

Researchers are closer to solving the puzzle of a complex neurological condition called 15q13.3 microdeletion syndrome. Individuals with this condition are missing a small piece of chromosome 15 that ...