People with Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) were found in a new study to experience more mental health symptoms — particularly decreased motivation and greater anxiety and depression — than individuals without the rare disease, who served as controls. The results of this survey study, conducted in the Czech Republic, also…
Two microRNAs (miRNAs) — tiny molecules that control the activity of genes — are associated with structural brain and heart damage in Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) patients, according to a study from Brazil. FA patients were found to have higher levels of one miRNA, and lower levels of…
A genetic analysis of connective tissue cells from a woman with late-onset Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) and her younger sister, who did not have the disease, found differences in the activity levels of almost 400 genes in the affected sister, according to a recent study. Genes with the most altered…
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