University of Arizona Researcher Wins $3M Federal Grant to Study Genetic Causes of Cerebral Palsy

A researcher from the University of Arizona (UA) College of Medicine at Phoenix won a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to identify and study the possible genetic causes behind cerebral palsy, the most common motor disability in childhood. Michael Kruer,…

Cerebral Palsy May Share Genetic Factors with Autism, Study Suggests

Abnormal gene expression linked to cell signaling and immune pathways may contribute to clinical diverse cases of cerebral palsy. Importantly, this genetic deregulation is common to both cerebral palsy and autism. The study “Analysis of 182 cerebral palsy transcriptomes points to dysregulation of trophic signalling pathways and overlap with autism”…