Human chromosome 16p11.2 deletion syndrome is caused by the absence of about 27 genes on chromosome 16. This deletion is characterized by intellectual disability; impaired language, communication, and socialization skills; ...
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Throughout development, life and the processes of aging, all human cells accumulate mutations, resulting in what is called mosaicism, a condition in which different cells in the same person have different DNA sequences or ...
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New research by a UT Dallas neuroscientist has established a link between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and pain sensitivity.Â
Jul 24, 2017
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After more than a decade of steady increases in the rate of children diagnosed with autism in the United States, the rate has plateaued in the past three years, researchers said Tuesday.
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Autism researchers from the Telethon Kids Institute have called for the term "high functioning autism" to be abandoned because of the misleading and potentially harmful expectations it creates around the abilities of children ...
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A 15-center study of 175 patients with poorly-controlled type 2 diabetes in JAMA found that continuous glucose monitoring, compared to blood glucose meter monitoring, or finger pricking, significantly decreased their hemoglobin ...
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Mosquitoes are some of the most deadly creatures on the planet. They carry viruses, bacteria and parasites, which they transmit through bites, infecting some 700 million people and killing more than 1 million each year.
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Science tells us that a lot of good things happen in our brains while we sleep—learning and memories are consolidated and waste is removed, among other things. New research shows for the first time that important immune ...
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Utilizing a notification system that's fast becoming a nationwide model, the state of Connecticut is diverting more than half of substance-exposed infants identified at birth away from the child welfare system, instead connecting ...
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One year after researchers published their work on a physiological test for autism, a follow-up study confirms its exceptional success in assessing whether a child is on the autism spectrum. A physiological test that supports ...
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