SPG601, an oral treatment candidate now in clinical testing, has been granted orphan drug status for fragile X syndrome in…
Marisa Wexler, MS
Marisa holds a Master of Science in cellular and molecular pathology from the University of Pittsburgh, where she studied novel genetic drivers of ovarian cancer. Her areas of expertise include cancer biology, immunology, and genetics, and she has worked as a science writing and communications intern for the Genetics Society of America.
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Articles by Marisa Wexler, MS
KER-0193, an oral therapy being developed as a fragile X syndrome treatment, has been awarded orphan drug and rare pediatric…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation to Spinogenix‘s experimental oral therapy SPG601 to…
A combination of therapeutic candidates gaboxadol and ibudilast normalized behavior and improved memory in a mouse model of fragile…
Excessive DNA repeats in the FMR1 gene — the cause of fragile X syndrome — lead to structural changes…
Screening of potential participants has begun in a Phase 2a trial that will test Nova Mentis Life Science’s NM-1001,…
PureTech Health is planning a Phase 2 clinical trial to test its lead therapeutic candidate LYT-300 — an oral…
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is more common among female carriers of a fragile X premutation who have more cell-to-cell variation…
KGK Science will launch a Phase 2a trial in the coming months to test NM-1001, a psilocybin microdose therapy…
Caregivers can accurately recognize signs of anxiety in people with fragile X syndrome whose ability to articulate their emotional…