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- Newly Awarded Autism Centers of Excellence to Further Autism Research
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April 1, 2008
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced on March 24, 2008, the latest recipients of the Autism Centers of Excellence (ACE) program. These grants will support studies covering a broad range of autism research areas, including early brain development and functioning, social interactions in infants, rare genetic variants and mutations, associations between autism-related genes and physical traits, possible environmental risk factors and biomarkers, and a potential new medication treatment.
- Rates of Rare Mutations Soar Three to Four Times Higher in Schizophrenia
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March 27, 2008
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People with schizophrenia have high rates of rare genetic deletions and duplications that likely disrupt the developing brain, according to studies funded in part by the National Institutes of Health.
- Autism Risk Higher in People with Gene Variant
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January 10, 2008
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Scientists have found a variation in a gene that may raise the risk of developing autism, especially when the variant is inherited from mothers rather than fathers.
- Tiny, Spontaneous Gene Mutations May Boost Autism Risk
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March 15, 2007
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Tiny gene mutations, each individually rare, pose more risk for autism
than had been previously thought, suggests a study funded in part by the National
Institute of Mental Health, a component of the National Institutes of Health.
- Largest-Ever Search for Autism Genes Reveals New Clues
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February 18, 2007
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The largest search for autism genes to date, funded in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has implicated components of the brain’s glutamate chemical messenger system and a previously overlooked site on chromosome 11.
- Brain’s Fear Center Likely Shrinks in Autism’s Most Severely Socially Impaired
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December 4, 2006
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The brain’s fear hub likely becomes abnormally small in the most severely socially impaired males with autism spectrum disorders, researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) have discovered.
- Gene Linked to Autism in Families with More Than One Affected Child
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October 17, 2006
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A version of a gene has been linked to autism in families that have more than one child with the disorder. Inheriting two copies of this version more than doubled a child’s risk of developing an autism spectrum disorder, scientists supported by NIMH and NICHD have discovered.
- New NIMH Research Program Launches Autism Trials
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September 7, 2006
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NIMH has launched three major clinical studies on autism at its research program on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland.
- NIH Joined by Advocacy Groups to Fund Research on Autism Susceptibility Genes
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October 18, 2005
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Five institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and three private autism organizations have formed a consortium to pursue their common goal of understanding a devastating disorder.
- International Coalition to Fund Autism Genetics Research
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December 29, 2004
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An international public/private partnership of government health agencies and private advocacy organizations has committed more than $21 million for research to identify the genes associated with autism spectrum disorders, a range of developmental disorders that impair communication and other mental abilities.
