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Spectrum: Autism Research News

Tag: Rett syndrome

August 2012

Rodent roundup

by  /  10 August 2012

SAGE Labs has announced a new partnership with the autism science and advocacy organization Autism Speaks to fund the creation of three new rat models of autism.

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July 2012

Gene therapy

by  /  20 July 2012

Delicate dosage issues are just one complication of developing gene therapy for neurodevelopmental disorders.

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June 2012

Rett protein in adult brain key for survival

by  /  21 June 2012

The gene missing or mutated in Rett syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder, is critical for the survival of adult mice, according to a study published 31 May in Human Molecular Genetics.

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Molecular mechanisms: Microglia abnormal in autism brains

by  /  5 June 2012

Two new postmortem studies show that microglia, which protect the brain from invaders, are denser and more concentrated around neurons in the brains of individuals with autism than in those of controls.

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May 2012

Personalizing medicine

by  /  15 May 2012

A pilot project highlights how adult stem cells could be used to test and select personalized therapies.

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Debate over quality of adult-derived stem cells rages on

by  /  7 May 2012

As the use of induced pluripotent stem cells grows, researchers are searching for ways to make them behave more predictably. 

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Genetics: Study further implicates rare CNVs in autism

by  /  2 May 2012

Individuals with autism are more likely than controls to have small, rare duplications or deletions of stretches of DNA in genes that play a role in dampening signals in the brain, according to a study published 2 April in Molecular Autism.

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April 2012

Fast-forward

by  /  27 April 2012

In the last three years, autism researchers have gone from sequencing single genes to whole exomes, as highlighted at the Translational Neuroscience Symposium in Switzerland last week.

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Molecular mechanisms: Stress pathway dysregulated in autism

by  /  27 April 2012

Two studies report abnormalities in the system that mediates the body’s response to stress in two mouse models of autism-related diseases: Angelman syndrome and Rett syndrome. The results were published in the April issue of Human Molecular Genetics.

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Genetics: Environment modulates autism symptoms in mice

by  /  24 April 2012

Mutant mice with autism-like behaviors have fewer behavioral impairments when provided with toys, exercise wheels and contact with other mice, than do those that live in typical laboratory cages, according to a study published 5 April in Human Molecular Genetics. 

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