Prenatal exposure to topiramate increases a child’s autism odds, according to the study that prompted the inquiry, but experts caution that pregnant people with epilepsy have few other options for controlling seizures.

Showing an association is not enough to determine causation.

Roche’s gene therapy drug Rugonersen boosts expression of the protein missing in the syndrome in mice and monkeys, but whether it works in people remains to be seen.

What these genes do and how they affect autism depends on when in development they’re studied, despite what classic ‘gene ontology’ analyses say.

The new tool may help researchers reconstruct the sequence of biological events that underlie development.

Troves of sequencing data reveal genes tied to autism through different variant types, providing a more complete picture of the condition’s genetic roots and new clues to its heterogeneity.

Interventions that moderate a need for ‘sameness’ may prevent anxiety traits.

Some clinicians say the term describes a subtype of autism, but others dispute its validity and say it is harmful to the autistic community.

The mutations occur spontaneously in noncoding stretches of DNA that control gene expression.

Interim results from the previously paused trial suggest that doses of the experimental gene therapy drug GTX-102 are well tolerated in children with the autism-linked condition.