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Cry Analyzer Seeks Clues to Babies' Health
July 11, 2013 Researchers have developed a new tool that analyzes the cries of babies, searching for clues to potential health or developmental problems. Slight variations in cries, mostly imperceptible to the ... > full story -
First Full Genome Sequencing for Autism: Promise for Future Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment
July 11, 2013 New research has found that full genome sequencing provides the definitive look at wide ranging genetic variations associated with ASD. Inherited, de novo and X-linked genetic alterations found in ... > full story -
Scientists Decode Mystery Sequences Involved in Gene Regulation
July 10, 2013 The mechanisms behind gene regulation are not well understood because the RNA sequences to which RNA binding proteins bind have been so difficult to decipher. Now, researchers have produced the ... > full story -
Excessive Cerebral Spinal Fluid and Enlarged Brain Size in Infancy Are Potential Biomarkers for Autism
July 10, 2013 Children who were later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder had excessive cerebrospinal fluid and enlarged brains in infancy, a new study has found, raising the possibility that those brain ... > full story -
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Breakthrough Study Reveals Biological Basis for Sensory Processing Disorders in Kids
July 9, 2013 In a groundbreaking new study, researchers have found that children affected with sensory processing disorders have quantifiable differences in brain structure, showing a biological basis for the ... > full story -
Exposure to Maternal Antibodies Affects Behavior, Researchers Find
July 9, 2013 Researchers have found that prenatal exposure to specific combinations of antibodies found only in mothers of children with autism leads to changes in the brain that adversely affect behavior and ... > full story -
Researchers Identify Specific Fetal Antigens Attacked by Maternal Antibodies
July 9, 2013 Researchers have identified the specific antibodies that target fetal brain proteins in the blood of a subset of women whose children are diagnosed with autism. The finding is the first to pinpoint a ... > full story -
Clues About Autism May Come from the Gut
July 4, 2013 Scientists present the first comprehensive bacterial analysis focusing on commensal or beneficial bacteria in children with autism spectrum ... > full story -
DNA Markers in Low-IQ Autism Suggest Heredity
July 3, 2013 Researchers who compared the DNA of patients with autism and intellectual disability to that of their unaffected siblings found that the affected siblings had significantly more "runs of ... > full story -
IVF for Male Infertility Linked to Increased Risk of Intellectual Disability and Autism in Children
July 2, 2013 In the first study to compare all available IVF treatments and the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in children, researchers find that IVF treatments for the most severe forms of male infertility ... > full story
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