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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ben Mitchell

Scientists use tadpoles to identify new rare children’s genetic disease

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A new genetic disease which causes some children’s brains to develop abnormally resulting in delayed intellectual development has been discovered by scientists using tadpoles.

An international team of researchers from the universities of Portsmouth, Southampton and Copenhagen found that changes in a protein coding gene caused the rare illness.

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