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A comprehensive review has found no scientific basis for a controversial technique that supposedly helps autistic people communicate.

Children with autism who carry mutations in the chromosomal region 16p11.2 or the gene CHD8 — two of the leading risk factors for autism — show distinct patterns of chemical tags on their DNA.

One form of the protein implicated in Angelman syndrome and autism clusters in the nucleus, and it’s this form that may be critical to brain development.

An experimental drug that muffles the activity of neurons in the skin moderates heightened reactions to touch in six mouse models of autism.

People on the spectrum, and girls and women in particular, are at high risk of suicide; siblings of autistic people are also at heightened risk.

An experimental behavioral therapy delivered by parents does not improve autism traits in babies who screen positive for the condition.

The more words autistic children hear as infants — and the more verbal interactions they have with their caregivers — the better their language skills at age 2.

Following pushback from scientists, the U.S. National Institutes of Health has issued a two-year delay on a rule requiring basic researchers to register their studies as clinical trials.

Envisioned as bioRxiv’s clinical cousin, the new preprint server medRxiv hosts unpublished manuscripts describing original medical research.

The brains of some autistic children may not adapt to repeated touch or sound, even after several minutes.