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Understanding Dyslexia

In Europe, 22.75 million individuals, including 2.5 million schoolchildren suffer from dyslexia, a specific disorder that affects learning to read and spell. Thirteen research teams from ten European countries are now working together as part of the European Union-funded research project NeuroDys to investigate the biological basis of dyslexia and the environmental factors involved. Nearly 4000 children from different countries will take part in an investigation of the condition at the levels of genetics, environment, and neuroscience. Research teams will look for dyslexia susceptibility genes and environmental risk factors. In parallel studies, they will investigate the prerequisites of reading and spelling development. In three years' time, the project should have succeeded in creating the world's largest biological database on dyslexia, which will hopefully help improve both diagnosis and treatment. CNRS and INSERM labs are coordinating the French part of NeuroDys, in cooperation with six reference centers for language disorders.

 

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