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- Autism gene breakthrough hailed
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- Scientists have found new autism genes by scanning the largest collection of families with multiple cases of autism ever assembledThe monumental task of studying the 1,200 families took more than 120 scientists from more than 50 institutions across 19 countries. The work, described in Nature Genetics, implicates a region of chromosome 11 and a specific gene called neurexin 1. more...
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- Scottish breakthrough that gives hope of cure to 10,000 children
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- A crippling brain disorder affecting at least 10,000 children in the UK, mostly girls, could be cured as a result of research by Scottish scientists. Rett syndrome, a severe autism spectrum disorder, is classified as untreatable. It leaves victims in a wheelchair, unable to speak and suffering from breathing difficulties. more...
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