DiGeorge Syndrome

With a five-year, $6.2 million project program grant, researchers at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences have begun to crack open the mystery behind 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome, or DiGeorge Syndrome.

Researchers from the GW Institute for Neuroscience published a new study in Neuron, which provides the first evidence showing that individual nerve cells fail to make the right number of connections. The reason for this deficit is limited growth of key nerve cells in the cerebral cortex during…

Marius Linguraru, Ph.D., associate professor of radiology and pediatrics, was quoted in a CNet article about his facial recognition software used to diagnose DiGeorge syndrome.

Collaborative research out of GW reveals new information on the pathogenesis of feeding and swallowing difficulties often found in children with neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism and intellectual disability.