This report is based on a recent in-depth article by the BBC, which examined how modern genetics is transforming scientific understanding of autism and reigniting debates within the autistic community ...

The study used large-scale CRISPR gene-editing technology to systematically determine which genes are required as embryonic ...

Children with autism have larger brains and more neurons for their age than is normal, results of a small preliminary study indicate. Postmortem examinations from seven boys with autism revealed that ...

Language can prove a bugaboo for children with autism. Now new research finds that it’s possible to use toddlers’ brain responses to words to predict their linguistic and cognitive skills down the ...

Biological heterogeneity in autism can illuminate precision psychiatry and improve insights from primate brain mapping data.

A multi-university research team co-led by University of Virginia engineering professor Gustavo K. Rohde has developed a system that can spot genetic markers of autism in brain images with 89 to 95% ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a neurodevelopmental condition, is often associated with difficulties in social communication and repetitive behavior. Previous research reveals that people with ASD ...

A little-known hormone that's key for socialization could have links to autism, a study suggests. Social difficulties like making friends and interpreting conversational cues are some of the most tell ...

A sweeping genetic screen reveals how the brain is built and exposes a hidden gene behind a newly discovered childhood brain ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Researchers say they have uncovered key abnormalities in some of the layers of the brains of children with autism, an indication that the foundation for the problem is laid ...