Ingfei Chen

Freelance writer

Ingfei Chen is a writer and editor in Northern California who likes telling stories about medicine, science and the environment. Her articles have published in The New York Times, Science, KQED Mindshift, Scientific American and Smithsonian, among others.

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By Ingfei Chen

16 August 2017

18 min read

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What baby siblings can teach us about autism

Studies of infants at risk for autism have not yielded a test to predict who will eventually be diagnosed. But they have transformed our understanding of the condition.

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What baby siblings can teach us about autism

By Ingfei Chen

16 August 2017 | 18 min read

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By Ingfei Chen

18 May 2016

21 min read

The gene hunters

Criss-crossing the globe on a quest for unusual DNA, researchers have discovered a rare mutation that promises insights into both epilepsy and autism — and points to a treatment.

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The gene hunters

By Ingfei Chen

18 May 2016 | 21 min read

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By Ingfei Chen

7 October 2015

15 min read

Wide awake: Why children with autism struggle with sleep

Half of children who have autism have trouble falling or staying asleep, which may make their symptoms worse. Scientists are just beginning to explore what goes wrong in the midnight hour.

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