postr/StutterJuly 28, 2025

Fascinating! huge study uncovers 57 genetic hotspots into stuttering origins

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Fascinating! huge study uncovers 57 genetic hotspots into stuttering origins This is a fascinating and huge new study in Nature Genetics about the origins of stuttering: researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center looked at DNA from more than 1 million people and found genetic hotspots that lead back to 48 genes! One of the main researchers is a stutterer too For the science lovers, the original: [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-025-02267-2](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-025-02267-2) posted on the research thread too for posterity's sake

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