Growth Hormone Treatment Improves Social Impairments in Patients with Genetic Disorder Known to Cause Autism

• By: Mt. Sinai Hospital
• April 1st, 2015
• genetics, Phelan-McDermid syndrome, research, science
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A growth hormone treatment can significantly improve the social impairment associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in patients with a related genetic syndrome, according to a pilot study conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published today on Pub Med, a public...

Changes in Scores of Genes Contribute to Autism Risk

• By: | Mt. Sinai Hospital
• January 1st, 2015
• brain, genetics, research, science
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Small differences in as many as a thousand genes contribute to risk for autism, according to a study led by Mount Sinai researchers and the Autism Sequencing Consortium (ASC), and published today in the journal Nature. The new study examined data on several types of rare, genetic...