From the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin press release via AlphaGalileo: Malfunctioning single proteins can cause disruptions in neuronal junctions leading to autistic forms of behavior. A current study, published in… Read more »
From the Hebrew University of Jerusalem press release via AlphaGalileo: Autism has a strong genetic basis, but so far efforts to identify the responsible genes have had mixed results. The… Read more »
From the UC Davis Health System press release: New research from UC Davis and Washington State University shows that PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, launch a cellular chain of events that… Read more »
From the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee press release: Women who smoke in pregnancy may be more likely to have a child with high-functioning autism, such as Asperger’s Disorder, according to preliminary… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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…. Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
