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Spectrum: Autism Research News

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Courtney Humphries

Freelance Writer, SFARI.org

Courtney Humphries is a freelance writer based in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
April 2012

Noncoding gene linked to autism

by  /  9 April 2012

Researchers have identified a noncoding RNA, a genetic message that is not translated into a protein, that may be involved in autism. The discovery, published 4 April in Science Translational Medicine, came from examining a region on chromosome 5 that has been previously linked to the disorder.

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