Parents of autistic children are paying tens of thousands of dollars for stem cell therapies that often use medical waste. Despite the risks, regulators have been slow to act.

A variety of genetic risk factors for autism may disrupt some of the same processes in cells.

Watch the complete replay of Patricia Braga describing studies of autism involving stem cells.

Neurons grown from human stem cells and grafted onto the brains of live mice mature and form connections like those in the fetal human brain.

After the presentation of more than 14,000 abstracts over five days, the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in San Diego ended last week.

Modified stem cells show promise for delivering gene-based therapies to individuals with Angelman syndrome.

Clusters of brain cells — so-called ‘mini-brains’ grown in the lab — may help researchers understand how large stretches of duplicated or deleted DNA affect the brain.

Two new methods for building ‘mini-brains’ may help researchers study how early brain development differs in people with autism.

Autism and intelligence share genetic variants, researchers grow Neanderthal mini-brains and see overlap with autism, and maternal diabetes is an autism risk factor.

Spheres of brain cells derived from people and implanted into mouse brains recruit blood vessels and integrate with mouse neurons.