Jacobsen Syndrome & Autism

Jacobsen Syndrome & Autism

Mouse model yields possible treatment for autism-like symptoms in rare disease

About half of children born with Jacobsen syndrome, a rare inherited disease, experience social and behavioral issues consistent with autism spectrum disorders. Researchers have developed a mouse model of the disease that also exhibits autism-like social behaviors and used it to unravel the molecular mechanism that connects the genetic defects inherited in Jacobsen syndrome to effects on brain function. Ref. Source 6v.