ASHG 2015
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Analysis makes sense of missense mutations’ role in autism
Analyzing thousands of sequences, researchers have homed in on miniscule portions of the genome that may be crucial in determining autism risk.

Analysis makes sense of missense mutations’ role in autism
Analyzing thousands of sequences, researchers have homed in on miniscule portions of the genome that may be crucial in determining autism risk.
New methods tighten net around autism genes
Autism researchers are sharpening their statistical tools to make sense of the growing pool of autism genes.

New methods tighten net around autism genes
Autism researchers are sharpening their statistical tools to make sense of the growing pool of autism genes.
Dispatches from ASHG 2015
These short reports from our reporter, Jessica Wright, give you the inside scoop on developments at the 2015 American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting.

Dispatches from ASHG 2015
These short reports from our reporter, Jessica Wright, give you the inside scoop on developments at the 2015 American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting.
Twin study unearths clues to role of environment in autism
Researchers in Sweden are assembling a large group of identical twin pairs, with only one twin in each pair having autism.

Twin study unearths clues to role of environment in autism
Researchers in Sweden are assembling a large group of identical twin pairs, with only one twin in each pair having autism.
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Expediting clinical trials for profound autism: Q&A with Matthew State
Aligning Research to Impact Autism, a new initiative funded by the Sergey Brin Family Foundation, wants to bring basic science discoveries to the clinic faster.

Expediting clinical trials for profound autism: Q&A with Matthew State
Aligning Research to Impact Autism, a new initiative funded by the Sergey Brin Family Foundation, wants to bring basic science discoveries to the clinic faster.
This paper changed my life: Shane Liddelow on two papers that upended astrocyte research
A game-changing cell culture method developed in Ben Barres’ lab completely transformed the way we study astrocytes and helped me build a career studying their reactive substates.

This paper changed my life: Shane Liddelow on two papers that upended astrocyte research
A game-changing cell culture method developed in Ben Barres’ lab completely transformed the way we study astrocytes and helped me build a career studying their reactive substates.
Dean Buonomano explores the concept of time in neuroscience and physics
He outlines why he thinks integrated information theory is unscientific and discusses how timing is a fundamental computation in brains.
Dean Buonomano explores the concept of time in neuroscience and physics
He outlines why he thinks integrated information theory is unscientific and discusses how timing is a fundamental computation in brains.