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Immune Molecule Alters Cellular Makeup of Human Brain Organoids

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Mutations in Autism-Linked Gene Cause Membrane Mischief

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Immunity-Linked Genes Expressed Differently in Brains of Autistic People

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U.K. Health Authority Investigates Epilepsy Drug’s Link to Autism

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Scans of Sundry Variant Types Uncover Autism-Linked Genes

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Genetic Underpinnings of Brain Activity May Differ in Autism

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Different Forms of Autism Have Opposite Problems with Brain Precursor Cells

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Why Autism Therapies Have an Evidence Problem

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Gut Molecule Linked to Decreased Myelination in Mouse Brains

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Genome Pioneer Deborah Nickerson Dies at 67

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Three Autism-Linked Genes Converge on Tweaks to Cells’ Timing

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Diet Implicated in Autism-Microbiome Link

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Autism-Linked Gene SYNGAP1 Molds Synaptic Plasticity, Learning

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