A UCLA study that is the first to map autism-risk genes by function and uncover how mutations in the genes disrupt fetal brain development was widely reported in recent news, including this Nov. 21 article by HealthDay News.
Read an excerpt from the HealthDay News article below, and the entire HealthDay News article here.
Research Probes Autism's Origins in the Brain
Two studies identify gene mutations that act together to disrupt the brain's wiring before birth
By Brenda Goodman
HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, Nov. 21, 2013 (HealthDay News) -- Two research teams say they have pinpointed how changes in genes linked to autism act together to disrupt normal brain development.
AUCD - Unraveling How Autism Disrupts the Early Brain (UCLA - IDDRC)
"Life on the Autism Spectrum can be ENJOYable."
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