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Save-the-Date for the CHOP-Penn Autism Research Symposium: Building the Future Together

Save-the-Date for the CHOP-Penn Autism Research Symposium: Building the Future Together on May 9, 2024! This scientific symposium will explore opportunities for collaboration and breakthrough in our understanding and treatment of autism across the lifespan….

Penn Study on Fragile X Syndrome Uses Fruitfly’s Point of View to Identify New Treatment Paths

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common genetically inherited cause of intellectual disability in humans. New research shows how the hormone insulin – usually associated with diabetes — is involved in the daily activity…

Long genes linked to autism harbor broad enhancer-like chromatin domains

Read more at https://genome.cshlp.org/content/28/7/933

Mutations in Life’s “Essential Genes” Tied to Autism

Penn Study Points to High Priority Genes as Potential Research Targets in Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Read More

New Mouse Model Points to Drug Target Potentially Useful for Increasing Social Interaction in Autism

A study of a new mouse model identifies a drug target that has the potential to increase social interaction in individuals with some forms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to researchers in the Perelman…