Scientists target human cancer with CRISPR, device trials may become more diverse, and autism awareness grows in Egypt.

Researchers, advocates and others from the autism community came together for the 2016 International Meeting for Autism Research in Baltimore.

Scientists give their perspectives on work presented at the 2016 International Meeting for Autism Research.

Partnering with families affected by autism may make research more relevant, fun and likely to succeed.

Growing up with a brother or sister on the spectrum motivates some young people to devote their careers to investigating autism.

An autism drug can cause compulsion problems, embryos survive a record 13 days in culture, and the results from some clinical trials languish for too long.

Genetics giant Craig Venter wants to sequence 2 million genomes, CRISPR pioneer Emmanuelle Charpentier just wants to work, and the online building game Minecraft helps people with autism socialize.

Somer Bishop is launching a revolution in autism diagnosis, creating faster, more precise tools that speed research and better capture the full spectrum of autism symptoms.

Teens and young adults with autism are about three times more likely than those without the condition to have type 2 diabetes.

A woman claims that a genetic test failed to flag her son’s deadly condition, a researcher wins a rare appeal of a rejected grant application, and a graduate student’s gadget could help people with autism to read emotions.