Discovery by Tel Aviv University, Antwerp University researchers of the mutations of a neuroprotective protein finds expression in the story of a 7-year-old patient

Children born with ADNP-related autism syndrome suffer from a heart-breaking combination of ambiguous developmental problems injurious to both their physical health and cognitive functioning. For parents, the mystery surrounding their infants’ suffering can be even more agonizing than the syndrome itself, which has no known cure. Recent research from Tel Aviv University and the University of Antwerp is easing some of that agony. Activity-dependent neuroprotective protein (ADNP), discovered by TAU’s Prof. Illana Gozes 15 years […]