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An illustration of Demosthenes of Athens and a photograph of King George VI, both of whom had stutters<\/p>\n An illustration of Demosthenes of Athens and a photograph of King George VI, both of whom had stutters<\/p>\n
A genetic analysis of a million individuals with stutters has clued Australian researchers into a potential genetic component that would revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of this common disorder.<\/p>\n
400 million people worldwide have stutters, and a cross-Pacific partnership between Curtin Stuttering Treatment Clinic in Western Australia a Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, identified 48 genes that show a hereditary link.<\/p>\n
Scientists will almost always feel that pause will give pride, yet the authors heralded their work as \u201cgroundbreaking\u201d and something that will help pave the way towards pre-verbal diagnosis of stuttering.<\/p>\n
Stutters tend to emerge shortly after a child becomes verbal, but the longer a stutter is in the child\u2019s speech motor system, one of the study authors said, the more of a habit it becomes.<\/p>\n
\u201c[The study finding] means those particular young people will be offered early intervention straight away hopefully, and in doing that we can curtail what can be otherwise a lifelong disability,\u201d said Associate Professor at the Curtin Clinic, Janet Beilby, told ABC News Australia.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWe found consistent DNA results, 48 of them, and in addition to that we found 57 [genomic] hot spots so it\u2019s very exciting because with these hot spots we can dig further,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n MORE STORIES LIKE THIS: <\/strong>CRISPR Used to Remove Extra Chromosomes in Lab Model of Down Syndrome and Restore Cell Function<\/a><\/p>\n