BETHESDA, Md. — Exactly one year ago, in these pages, I implored Congress to receive classified testimony from me about State Department and CIA efforts to cover up evidence and intelligence of the so ...

In a new study published in Nature Communications, researchers from the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome (Crnic Institute) at the University of Colorado Anschutz discovered important ...

Harmony Biosciences’ cannabidiol candidate ZYN002 missed its primary efficacy endpoint in a late-stage study of fragile X syndrome, sparking questions about the asset’s future. In a brief news release ...

At the end of last year, I started to see a cognitive behavioral therapist. My executive function, the set of mental processes that help order the day-to-day — like organization, working memory, time ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Imagine suddenly becoming allergic to a hamburger—or a steak or bacon or even certain cosmetics and medications. It’s ...

As summer comes to an end, COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in California. While respiratory viruses usually peak in the winter, the novel coronavirus can also surge in the warmer months.

Servier acquires KER-0193, a potential treatment for Fragile X syndrome, developed by Kaerus Bioscience, a Medicxi company KER-0193, a novel, orally bioavailable small molecule, was granted Orphan ...

Les Laboratoires Servier said that it agreed to acquire a potential treatment for Fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most common genetic cause of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), from its original developer ...

KER-0193 is a modulator of ion channels connected to autism spectrum disorder. The FDA bestowed orphan drug and rare pediatric drug designations on the candidate earlier this year. Servier is again ...

A broken heart can be more than an emotional metaphor—it can also signal a serious medical condition. News On 6 anchor LeAnne Taylor explained in this week’s Medical Minute that broken heart syndrome, ...

There is stepping into a lion’s den, and then there is the much more dangerous option: stepping into a congressional hearing before a pride of attention-seeking senators looking to rip a fellow human ...

Department of Neurology, Sleep-Wake Disorders Unit, Gui-de-Chauliac Hospital, University Hospital of Montpellier, Montpellier, France (Y.D., S.C., L.B.). Department ...