Watch the complete replay of this journal club, which featured a paper describing the rescue of social deficits in a SHANK3 mouse model.

The gene-editing tool CRISPR may cause thousands of off-target mutations, but critics say it’s way too soon to accuse it of infidelity.

A low dose of a drug used to treat lymphoma may ease social problems in some forms of autism.

Some individuals who have autism mutations show no signs of the condition; understanding why may lead to treatments.

After more than a decade of effort, scientists are questioning whether mouse models of autism can ever capture the social deficits seen in people with the condition.

Researchers find a surprising link between certain pollutants and reduced autism risk, the world welcomes — and fears — the first primate clones, and new U.S. clinical trial rules reverberate globally.

Zebrafish lacking the autism-linked gene SHANK3 show little social interest and other behavioral abnormalities.

A new measure of motor skills suggests that insulin-like growth factor 1 improves movement in people with Phelan-McDermid syndrome.

A treatment delivered to neurons that mediate touch can ease anxiety and social problems in two mouse models of autism.

Hurricane Maria pummeled Cayo Santiago, home to more than 1,500 rhesus macaques, including some used for autism research.