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Jill Adams

Contributing writer

Jill U. Adams is a freelance science journalist based in Albany, New York. She covers health, mental health and biomedical research for such publications as The Transmitter, The Washington Post, Scientific American, Undark and The Scientist. She has a Ph.D. in pharmacology from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

From this contributor

Microglia from neonatal mice.
Spectrum

Functional connectivity links with autism, not ADHD; and more

By Jill Adams
4 November 2025 | 2 min read
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Spectrum

New method identifies two-hit genetic variation in autism; and more

By Jill Adams
28 October 2025 | 2 min read
Illustration of a circuit made of sperm-like lines.
Spectrum

Gene variants accumulate in older men’s sperm; and more

By Jill Adams
21 October 2025 | 2 min read
Research image of human cortical organoids.
Spectrum

Parsing phenotypes in people with shared autism-linked variants; and more

By Jill Adams
14 October 2025 | 2 min read
Research image of neurons with variants of the KCNQ2 gene (bottom row) developing more synaptic protein groups (pink and blue) than control neurons (top row).
Spectrum

ADSI, leucovorin, autism registry; and more

By Jill Adams
7 October 2025 | 2 min read

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