Genetic pathways leading to autism

About this episode

The episode discusses a landmark study on genetic pathways leading to autism using brain organoids.

A landmark study that uses brain organoids from different people with different genes associated with autism showed that the different genes act as roads that go on different journeys to the same destination. This will be an enormously important discovery for identifying targets to treat different autism symptoms across different genetic causes of autism and … Continue reading "Genetic pathways leading to autism"

Topics covered

• genetics
• autism
• brain organoids
• treatment targets
• genetic causes

Keywords

• genetic pathways
• autism symptoms
• brain organoids
• genetic causes
• treatment targets

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Autism Science Foundation

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