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The Transmitter
Rachel Zamzow is an award-winning science journalist and editor based in Waco, Texas. She is managing editor of The Open Notebook, a non-profit organization that supports the global community of journalists who cover science. Her work covering science and health has appeared in The Transmitter, Science, and Science News, among other publications.
Rachel has a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Missouri. She tweets @RachelZamzow.
The current Autism CARES Act sunsets in late September.
Too often, people outside the margins of what’s considered classic autism are left out of research agendas, Abubakare says.
Intentional interactions with autistic people led Sasson to refocus his research.
Having a genetic predisposition to inflammation is linked to structural changes in brain regions implicated in neurodevelopmental conditions.
Early interventions for autism lack solid data. The source of this problem is murky but may stem from ongoing debates about evidence quality and entrenched conflicts of interest within the field.
Scientific data and independence are at risk. We need to work with community-driven services and university libraries to create new multi-country organizations that are resilient to political interference.
Scientific data and independence are at risk. We need to work with community-driven services and university libraries to create new multi-country organizations that are resilient to political interference.
The findings, detailed in a January preprint, suggest autism’s fundamental biology is the same regardless of ancestry. But questions remain.
The findings, detailed in a January preprint, suggest autism’s fundamental biology is the same regardless of ancestry. But questions remain.
As researchers reel over the uncertain state of U.S. federal funding, educating students on the business of science is more important than ever.
As researchers reel over the uncertain state of U.S. federal funding, educating students on the business of science is more important than ever.