Rare antibodies taken from the blood of women who have a child with autism cause brain structure changes and autism-like symptoms in male mice.

A new iPhone app flags possible autism symptoms, and researchers discover two ‘new’ neurons in a worm.

A European initiative that aims to provide a framework for clinical trials in autism has developed tools to track treatment responses.

A $13 million grant from the National Institutes of Health aims to help to make stem cell models of autism, and the ‘unaffected sibling’ of a girl with autism pledges to advance the field.

A $28 million initiative aims to develop objective tools for tracking social skills in children with autism. The initiative’s leader outlines its approach.

Scientists should slow down and return to the basic tenets of research to regain the public’s trust.

Children with autism who have low vasopressin levels struggle to understand the thoughts of others.

The bundle of nerves that connects the brain’s two hemispheres is abnormally thick in infants who are later diagnosed with autism. The broader the bundle, called the corpus callosum, the more severe a child’s symptoms.

Tune in for daily updates and reactions from attendees at the 2015 International Meeting for Autism Research in Salt Lake City, Utah.

People with different genetic forms of autism may have distinct brain-wave signatures, according to preliminary data presented yesterday at the International Meeting for Autism Research in Salt Lake City, Utah.