The absence of several interacting genes may underlie the developmental problems seen in people missing a segment of chromosome 16.

Papers in medical journals go through rigorous peer review and meticulous data analysis. Yet many of these articles are missing a key piece of information: the financial ties of the authors.

Boosting the levels of the chemical messenger serotonin makes mice that model autism more social — and brings new hope to a shelved theory in autism.

Children who have a rare extra copy of one segment on chromosome 15 have better cognitive abilities and daily living skills than those with a duplication that forms an extra chromosome.

Fearfulness and shyness in babies and toddlers may predict features of autism at age 7.

A newly formed group of leaders from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is poised to generate funding opportunities for child health research, including autism science.

New results implicate an enzyme called ERK in the consequences of missing a segment of chromosome 16.

The brain’s system for sensing pleasure and reward shows unusual activation patterns and an atypical structure in people with autism.

Food allergies may be more than twice as common among autistic children as among their typical peers; boys with autism also tend to have skin and respiratory allergies.

In May, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration guaranteed an experimental autism drug a speedy review for approval, but some scientists are skeptical of the drug’s potential.