The placenta and neurodevelopment: A conversation with Anna Penn
The temporary organ may hold clues about the origins of autism and brain development, Anna Penn says — if only researchers would study it.
The temporary organ may hold clues about the origins of autism and brain development, Anna Penn says — if only researchers would study it.
In this edition, a strategy to help autistic children adapt their skills to new situations shows no benefit, but an early-life autism biomarker does.
Inspired by watching her autistic nephew grow up, Croen has also been an advocate for bolstering research and services for autistic adults.
Sleep problems may contribute to or derive from autism traits — or both. After decades of work, researchers are beginning to uncover the biological connections between the two conditions, revealing new paths to potential treatments.
Despite scant publicly available data, makers of the ‘exposome’-based method say it could help with diagnosing autism and identifying subtypes.
How chemical tags called methyl groups position themselves on genetic sequences may hint at some of the causes of autism.
Shafali Jeste has spent the bulk of her scientific career searching for biological markers of autism. Her goal: to improve lives through early diagnosis and speedy testing of therapies.
Compared with a previous mouse strain, a new model better reflects some of the difficulties that people with a rare autism-related syndrome experience, and may help identify biomarkers of the syndrome.
The algorithm estimates a child’s likelihood of having autism from patterns of co-occurring conditions in electronic health records, outperforming a widely used screening test.
Scientists should heed these differences when considering resting-state brain activity as a biomarker for autism, the researchers say.