This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Amanda Niszczot Riemersma, whose twins have Williams syndrome. It has been edited for length and clarity. At 10 weeks old, my gorgeous identical ...

In a first, Tel Aviv University researchers have discovered that the production and regulation of mitochondrial organelles in the brain's nerve cells (neurons) becomes significantly impaired with the ...

Brendan Maher did an excellent job in the article: Music, the Brain, and Williams Syndrome. 1 In the study on absolute pitch, it should be noted that none of the five Williams participants were able ...

Individuals with the neurodevelopmental disorder Williams syndrome have a gregarious "cocktail party" personality, while those with the opposite genetic alteration, in contrast, tend to have autistic ...

Williams syndrome arises from a recurrent microdeletion of approximately 1.5 Mb on chromosome 7q11.23, resulting in haploinsufficiency of roughly 25–27 genes. Key dosage‐sensitive genes include ELN, ...