An analysis of whole genomes from more than 5,000 people has unearthed 18 new candidate genes for autism.

A massive sequencing study spanning seven countries links 38 new genes to autism and developmental delay.

A new approach ranks genes’ ties to autism based on their expression patterns in different types of brain cells.

A team of researchers is stepping out of the lab and into the community to recruit African-Americans for studies on the genetics of autism.

The brains of people with autism show a distinct molecular signature that reflects alterations in how genes are pieced together and expressed.

A surprising number of genes associated with autism also have links to cancer. Does that mean cancer drugs can treat autism?

Harmful mutations in autism genes crop up in Chinese individuals about as often as they do in people of European ancestry.

Some say a focus on basic neuroscience is crushing clinical research, a gene database gets a big upgrade, and Autism Speaks revises its goals.

Mutations that lead to heart problems present at birth may also increase the risk of autism.

Mutations in certain newly evolved stretches of the genome may play a role in autism, although some experts are skeptical of this theory.