Dr Vijay Sharma 5 months ago

Jumping genes can cause rare developmental disorders in children ▫️Jumping genes, known as transposons, are pieces of DNA that can jump around from place to place in the genome. ▫️Reported today in Nature Communications, the study is a step towards providing explanations for additional families with children with undiagnosed neurodevelopmental disorders. - Every year in the UK, thousands of babies are born with errors in their DNA that mean they do not develop normally. ▫️The researchers found jumping genes were likely to be the cause of the developmental disorder in three previously undiagnosed patients. - The transposons had jumped into different genes in each patient, preventing them functioning properly. These damaged genes provided crucial genetic diagnoses for the three patients, allowing their families to understand the disorder better.