Linking Genetic Variants to Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Scientists from CHU Sainte-Justine, the Université de Montréal, and the Institut Pasteur in France say they developed a model that can predict the effect of a genetic variant on a person's cognitive traits. The discovery opens the way to better care for children at risk of developing neurodevelopmental disorders from a young age, note the researchers.The team published its study (“Measuring and Estimating the Effect Sizes of Copy Number Variants on General Intelligence in Com