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The energy-making organelles called mitochondria (shown in green) that work inside cells to make energy, aren’t working as they should in the neurons (shown in red) of people with fragile X syndrome. University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have identified a protein and gene involved in this mitochondrial dysfunction, as well as a potential treatment.

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Minjie Shen, University of Wisconsin–Madison

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