Happy Birthday Simons Searchlight!

About this episode

The episode celebrates the anniversary of Simons Searchlight, a research program focused on understanding autism related to genetic variants.

In an effort to better understand the causes of autism in those with a known genetic variant associated with ASD or other developmental disorders, in 2010, the Simons Foundation launched Simons VIP, now known as Simons Searchlight – an online international research program studying nearly 200 rare genetic neurodevelopmental disorders and working with over 60 patient … Continue reading "Happy Birthday Simons Searchlight!"

Topics covered

• autism
• genetic variants
• neurodevelopmental disorders
• research program
• Simons Searchlight

Keywords

• autism
• genetic variant
• Simons Searchlight
• neurodevelopmental disorders
• research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Simons Foundation, Simons Searchlight

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