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The ABLE Employment Flexibility Act and better workplace opportunities for people with disabilities are among priorities for this year’s National Fragile X Foundation (NFXF) Advocacy Day, set for March 1. For more than 20 years, the nonprofit organization has brought advocates together in Washington, D.C., to meet…
Gene therapy rescued several behavioral and brainwave abnormalities seen in a rat model of fragile X syndrome. Findings from the study support further development of gene therapy for treating people people with the condition, the scientists said. The study, “Gene Therapy Using an Orthologue of Human…
Nova Mentis and Mycrodose Therapeutics have teamed up to test whether psychedelic treatments, such as Nova’s psilocybin — a potential behavioral therapy for fragile X syndrome — can be delivered via the skin using Mycrodose’s transdermal technology. The first studies assessing the diffusion of psychedelic compounds through the…
Zygel, an experimental cannabidiol gel that Zynerba Pharmaceuticals is developing to help normalize behaviors in people with fragile X syndrome, continues to be well tolerated up to a median treatment length of 21 months, according to new data from the open-label extension of the Phase 2/3 CONNECT-FX trial.
To help find new fragile X treatments, the Robert & Ardis James Foundation has presented the Fraxa Research Foundation with a donor-matching challenge of up to $100,000. All funds raised will go toward research to develop therapies, and ultimately a cure, for fragile X, a genetic condition associated…
Wearable motion sensors someday may help doctors diagnose fragile X syndrome and similar disorders based on the way people walk, a study suggests. The method may be able to identify problems in walking 15 to 20 years ahead of clinical symptoms; as such, it offers an opportunity to intervene sooner to…
A five-year, $2.4 million grant will fund a new study of grammar skills and executive functions in preschool and school-age children with fragile X syndrome. The grant, awarded by National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, part of the National Institutes of Health, will be…
A candidate therapy for fragile X syndrome — developed using Quris’ bio-artificial intelligence clinical prediction platform — will enter clinical trials in 2022, the company announced. Quris is using the power of artificial intelligence (AI) combined with a “patients-on-a-chip” platform to predict the safety and potential effectiveness of therapeutic…
Over 230 national organizations signed a letter urging all 50 U.S. state governors to “maintain and expand” flexibility with licensure requirements for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic to ease access to care. During the pandemic, governors used emergency authority to waive certain state licensure requirements, giving healthcare providers…
Nova Mentis has filed an application for orphan drug designation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for psilocybin, its investigational psychedelic therapy for fragile X syndrome. Recently, psilocybin received orphan drug designation from the European Medicines Agency (EMA), which offers financial incentives for potential rare disease treatments. Nova also…
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