James Gusella
Professor
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
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No ‘ideal’ tissue for gene expression studies of autism
Researchers should investigate a broad spectrum of human- and animal-derived tissues to fully capture the complexity of autism, say Michael Talkowski and James Gusella.
No ‘ideal’ tissue for gene expression studies of autism
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