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Spectrum

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

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 27 October.

By Jill Adams
28 October 2025 | 2 min read
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Spectrum

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

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 20 October.

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

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 13 October.

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

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 6 October.

By Jill Adams
7 October 2025 | 2 min read
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Spectrum

Tylenol, leucovorin and autism; and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 29 September.

By Jill Adams
30 September 2025 | 2 min read
Research image of oxytocin receptors in rats.
Spectrum

Impaired sensory learning in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome; and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 22 September.

By Jill Adams
23 September 2025 | 2 min read
Research image of different types of microglia in mice.
Spectrum

Autism and anxiety insights; and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 15 September.

By Jill Adams
16 September 2025 | 2 min read
Research image of neural progenitor cells derived from people with 16p11.2 duplications and 16p11.2 deletions, which have cilia that are shorter or longer, respectively, than in controls.
Spectrum

Protein interactions important to SYNGAP1-related conditions; and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 8 September.

By Jill Adams
9 September 2025 | 2 min read
Research image of auditory processing in people with Phelan-McDermid syndrome.
Spectrum

New findings on Phelan-McDermid syndrome; and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 1 September.

By Jill Adams
2 September 2025 | 2 min read
Illustration of an open journal featuring lines of text and small illustrations of eyes and mouths.
Spectrum

Altered excitatory circuits in CHD8-deficient mice; and more

Here is a roundup of autism-related news and research spotted around the web for the week of 25 August.

By Jill Adams
26 August 2025 | 2 min read

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Nonhuman primate research to lose federal funding at major European facility

The Dutch Senate has ordered the Biomedical Primate Research Centre in the Netherlands to shift its funding away from primate experiments by 2030.

By Lauren Schenkman
30 October 2025 | 4 min read
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Publishing

Image integrity issues create new headache for subarachnoid hemorrhage research

First-time sleuths found potentially problematic images in hundreds of papers about early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage.

By Lauren Schneider
30 October 2025 | 5 min read
Research image of mouse brain slices stained in red and blue.
Spectrum

Ramping up cortical activity in early life sparks autism-like behaviors in mice

The findings add fuel to the long-running debate over how an imbalance in excitatory and inhibitory signaling contributes to the autism.

By Sarah DeWeerdt
30 October 2025 | 6 min read

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