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Latest test of promising autism therapy shows only mild benefits
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A much-touted behavioral therapy for autism, the Early Start Denver Model, may not be as effective as its creators had hoped.
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Treatments
Efforts to ease the symptoms of autism are beginning to ramp up, with promising candidates in various stages of testing.
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Injecting CRISPR into fetal brain may correct autism mutations
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Researchers are edging closer to a therapy for Angelman syndrome — a condition related to autism — that involves injecting the gene-editing enzyme CRISPR into the fetal brain.
Opinion / Viewpoint
Families need guidance before buying a communication app for autism
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The popularity of mobile devices offers families the promise of communication with their autistic child, but success is more than a click away.
Features / Deep Dive
False hope for autism in the stem-cell underground
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Parents of autistic children are paying tens of thousands of dollars for stem cell therapies that often use medical waste. Despite the risks, regulators have been slow to act.
March 2019
Features / Deep Dive
Righting the gender imbalance in autism studies
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Autism doesn’t just affect boys and men, but research on the condition still predominantly focuses on them. Some scientists are finally beginning to include women and nonbinary people in their studies.
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February 2019
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Drugs that modify gene expression show promise for autism
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An experimental compound that blocks two enzymes involved in gene expression improves social behavior in young mice.
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Features / Deep Dive
Untangling the ties between autism and obsessive-compulsive disorder
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Autism and obsessive-compulsive disorder frequently accompany each other; Scientists are studying both to understand how they differ.
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Opinion / Q&A
Analysis offers new hope for failed fragile X drug
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Eye tracking shows that mavoglurant, a once-abandoned experimental drug for fragile X syndrome, enters the brain and boosts social interest, says Elizabeth Berry-Kravis.
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Opinion / Cross Talk
What defines ‘success’ for autism treatments?
Three autism researchers and two autistic people describe how they define a successful therapy for the condition.
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Psychotropic drugs frequently prescribed for autistic people
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About one in three autistic people in the United Kingdom is prescribed drugs designed to alter brain function.
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January 2019
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Rat model of autism shows unusual brain growth at birth
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The brains of rats exposed in utero to the seizure drug valproate show a significant increase in brain size around the time of birth.
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Gut microbes may treat social difficulties in autism mice
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Consuming Lactobacillus reuteri, a gut microbe found in yogurt and breast milk, may enhance social interactions in three mouse models of autism.
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December 2018
Features / Special Reports / 2018: Year in Review
Notable papers in autism research in 2018
This year’s list of top papers highlights new dimensions in our understanding of autism genetics and hints at novel treatments.