UI researchers dissect the cause of intellectual disability

UI researchers dissect the cause of intellectual disability

University of Iowa professors are using fruit flies to identify what genes cause intellectual disability, a common and often lifelong condition that limits people’s intellectual function and social skills.  John Manak, a professor in the UI’s biology department, and Benjamin Darbro, the director of the Cytogenetics and Molecular Laboratory in the Carver College of Medicine, received a $6,000 grant in late January to study what causes the disabil…