Inherited Variations in Noncoding Sections of DNA Associated with Autism

• By: | The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• July 1st, 2018
• fathers, genetics, news, NIMH, research, science, summer 2018 issue
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A new study has identified an association between paternally-inherited rare structural variants in noncoding segments of genes and the development of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The study, funded in part by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and published in Science, adds to a...

NIH Awards Nearly $100 Million for Autism Centers of Excellence Program

• By: | The National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• October 1st, 2017
• Autism Centers of Excellence, fall 2017 issue, funding, NIH, research
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards nine research grants totaling nearly $100 million over the next five years for the Autism Centers of Excellence (ACE), a program that supports large research projects aimed at understanding and developing interventions for autism spectrum disorder...

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...