The human genome has many short tandem repeats, yet the normal functions of these repeats are unclear.
Month: June 2025
Clinical psychologist explains how ADHD drugs work, addresses unscientific harm concerns
“The evidence is quite clear that the medications that are currently FDA-approved and prescribed to treat ADHD in particular are fairly well tolerated.
Donna Werling, PhD – Slide of the Week
Title: Use of the new human telomere-to-telomere genomic reference improves variant calling and phasing in regions flanking developmental disorder-associated copy number variants Legend: Genotyping and switch error rates spike in areas flanking CNV disorder associated regions. …
Health trajectory of mothers of children with developmental disabilities shows a ‘wear-and-tear’ effect starting around age 65
Mothers of children with developmental disabilities experience long-term stress, adapting for many years but showing signs of ‘wear-and-tear’ starting around age 65, affecting their physical and mental health.