Although it’s well-known that fragile X is caused by the FMR1 gene, it’s less understood how the disorder physically affects brain development and function. Christopher Patzke at the University of Notre Dame is collaborating with fragile X patients and families to study the disorder.

Researchers have developed a new, lightning-fast method to detect “extracellular RNA,” or exRNA, which will aid in early detection of diseases including cancer, heart disease, HIV and other life-threatening conditions.

What happens when previously treatable cancers become drug-resistant? Jianneng Li, Archibald Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, is trying to answer that question by conducting critical research on prostate cancer.

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have conducted an analysis of the World Mosquito Program’s randomized control trial of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes in Indonesia, looking at how excluding transmission dynamics impacted the original interpretation of the trial’s results.

Saurja DasGupta, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, attempts to pull back the curtain on four-plus billion years of history to investigate the origins of life itself. “My lab is interested in studying…