Families with Fragile X on 6.30 with George Negus

Did you miss Tuesday’s national media coverage of Fragile X? If so, just make sure to tune into 6.30 with George Negus tonight on Channel 10 to watch Emily Rice’s report on the condition. Emily interviewed two families living with Fragile X – the world’s leading inherited cause of intellectual disabilities such as autism. Here’s…

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Doctors uniting to unravel intellectual disability and autism gene for Fragile X Awareness Month

Today, Australian doctors are announcing their world-first endeavour to unravel the leading genetic cause of intellectual disability and autism, as part of Fragile X Awareness Month (July). Fragile X Syndrome affects up to 100,000 Australians – many of whom are unaware they have the condition – and causes a range of physical and intellectual disabilities…

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Fast facts on Fragile X

Have you ever heard of Fragile X, the most common inherited cause of autism? Don’t worry, most people haven’t. Yet Fragile X Syndrome affects up to 100,000 Australians and is the world’s leading cause of developmental and mental disability worldwide. July is Fragile X Awareness Month, and VIVA! Communications has teamed with the Fragile X…

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Orbiting mice may hold key to slowing bone deterioration

Thirty furry, four-legged “astronauts” today touched down after 13 days orbiting in space to help advance the treatment of osteoporosis. A mischief of mice secured a spot on the last flight of NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis, as part of a collaborative experiment by researchers from the University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University Joint…

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Cause for celebration

Today I’m celebrating a couple of milestones – my personal birthday (21 years young!) and that of my company’s. VIVA! turns nine years old today and boy, how the years have flown. It seems like only yesterday that I plunged myself into unchartered waters and threw the VIVA! doors open, largely servicing a former clientele…

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