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Single Protein Affects Intellectual And Behavioral Development

November 12, 2012 by

A single protein was found to play a key role in how intellect and behavior emerge during childhood, researchers from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute reported in the journal Cell. Mutations in the gene that encodes SynGAP1, a protein, is estimated to cause disabilities in approximately one million people worldwide...

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