Inventors:
Scott A. Rivkees - Orange CT, US
Jeffrey R. Gruen - Hamden CT, US
Seiyu Hosono - Rye NY, US
Karl Hager - Branford CT, US
International Classification:
C12Q 1/68
Abstract:
The present invention includes a rapid, selective, and accurate method of diagnosing a human subject with a triplet repeat genetic disorder of the FMR1 gene that leads to fragile X syndrome. The present invention also includes a rapid, selective, and accurate method of diagnosing a human subject at risk for developing a triplet repeat genetic disorder of the FMR1 gene that leads to fragile X syndrome, or at risk of passing such a disorder on to their progeny.