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Published on May 16, 2024
A web-based therapy can benefit children with autism by plugging into their natural affinity for technology and robots. The Robot-Inspired Computer-Assisted Adaptive Autism Therapy (RoboCA3T) uses robot avatars and integrates them with computer-assisted therapies. It reinforces the role of technology in improving engagement and developing skills in children with autism spectrum…
Published on November 21, 2023
A new artificial intelligence (AI) system can diagnose children between the ages of 24 and 48 months with autism at a 98.5% accuracy rate, according to research being presented next week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). The system analyzes specialized brain MRIs and…
Published on September 5, 2023
Three clinical studies in more than 1,500 children have shown that looking behavior can diagnose autism in children 16 to 30 months old. The studies, published simultaneously today in the Journal of the American Medical Association and JAMA Network Open by researchers at the Marcus Autism Center at Children’s Healthcare…
Published on June 28, 2023
Specific gut microbes have been linked to autism-associated metabolic pathways, including gene expression profiles in the brain and diet. “We hadn’t seen this kind of clear overlap between gut microbial and human metabolic pathways in autism before,” says Jamie Morton, of the Simons Foundation, and one of the study’s 43…
Published on April 10, 2023
A brain study conducted by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine has found that people with autism can be classified into four distinct subtypes based on their brain activity and behavior. The study, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, linked patterns of brain connections with behavioral traits in people with autism…
Published on February 2, 2023
Autism can be diagnosed from routine medical information collected within a month of birth, research in tens of thousands of children suggests. Nearly half the children subsequently diagnosed as autistic could be identified from information recorded in electronic health records (EHRs) within 30 days of birth, according to results published…
Published on October 6, 2022
Seed-sized brain-like organoids that are reminiscent of one wrinkle in the human brain 15 to 19 weeks post-conception were created and grown in the lab by University of Utah (U of U). The organoids are being used to help scientists understand structural differences in the human brain that may contribute…
Published on August 19, 2022
In a series of articles published in Nature Genetics, researchers used data from the SPARK (Simons Powering Autism Research) cohort, which includes nearly 43,000 people with autism, to find genetic influences among people all along the autism spectrum. The team found new “moderate risk genes”, and determined that some Autism Spectrum Disorder…
Published on May 31, 2022
A Scandinavian study, led by the University of Bergen in Norway and including more than 4 million children, suggests that exposure to some anti-epileptic medications in the womb could increase children’s risk of developing neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism. The absolute risks for these conditions remained lower than five percent…
Published on May 25, 2022
Researchers have unraveled a mechanism shared by mutations in the genes ADNP and SHANK3 that cause autism, schizophrenia, and other conditions. The researchers also found that an experimental drug is effective in lab models for these mutations and may be suitable for treating a range of rare syndromes that impair…
Published on May 3, 2022
University of California, San Diego (UCSD), School of Medicine scientists used human brain organoids to reveal how a genetic mutation associated with a profound form of autism disrupts neural development. The scientists used gene therapy tools to recover the gene’s function. Their study is published in Nature Communications. “Transcription Factor…
Published on April 27, 2022
GeneDx has presented new data supporting exome analysis, and a broader genetic testing approach, for autism spectrum disorders (ASD). This retrospective study is one of the few to examine the genetic basis of ASD and current guidelines around screening and testing. Including almost 19,000 patients, this is among the largest…
Published on December 21, 2021
Scientists at Northwestern Medicine looking to understand the link between children with autism and epilepsy have identified a critical brain protein that quiets overactive brain cells and is at abnormally low levels in children with autism. The findings, reported in the journal Neuron, noted the protein can be detected in…
Published on December 7, 2021
Harvard Medical School and MIT researchers have found clues to why people with autism often have gastrointestinal problems. Their findings, from mouse studies, suggest infections during pregnancy that produce elevated levels of Interleukin-17a (IL-17a) can alter fetal brain development and impact the maternal microbiome, essentially priming the newborn gut for…
Published on December 1, 2021
A team of researchers, headed by investigators at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill School of Medicine used mouse models, cellular assays, and live microscopy to demonstrate that rare variants in the ANK2 gene, which are consistently found in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), can alter…