From the Elsevier press release via EurekAlert!: In a study published in the May 2012 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, led by Mr. Sven Sandin, of the…
From the National Institutes of Health (NIH) press release: National Institutes of Health researchers have reversed behaviors in mice resembling two of the three core symptoms of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). An experimental compound, called…
From the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory press release via EurekAlert!: A team led by scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) publishes research today indicating a striking association between genes found disrupted in children with…
From the Massachusetts General Hospital press release: A new approach to investigating hard-to-find chromosomal abnormalities has identified 33 genes associated with autism and related disorders, 22 for the first time. Several of these genes also…
From the University of Kansas press release via Newswise: A University of Kansas Medical Center study found significantly lower levels of several cytokines, the immune system’s messengers and regulators, in the plasma of children with…
From the Washington University in St. Louis press release by Jim Dryden: When a child has autism, siblings are also at risk for the disorder. New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St.…
From the Yale University press release via EurekAlert!: Getting an autism diagnosis could be more difficult in 2013 when a revised diagnostic definition goes into effect. The proposed changes may affect the proportion of individuals…
From the NIH/National Institute of Mental Health press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers have turned up a new clue to the workings of a possible environmental factor in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs): fathers were four times…
From the UCLA press release via EurekAlert!: There is little argument among experts that autism spectrum disorders (ASD), complex developmental disabilities that vary widely in their severity, are caused by both genetic and environmental factors.…
From the Michigan State University press release: For children with autism, being born several weeks early or several weeks late tends to increase the severity of their symptoms, according to new research out of Michigan…