Taylor White is a former editorial intern at Spectrum and a graduate student at New York University’s Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program. Taylor writes about public health and technology. She has a B.S. in biology with minor in journalism from Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Proteome map identifies more than 90 percent of all human proteins
Researchers expand on the already enormous progress made on the Human Proteome Project

Proteome map identifies more than 90 percent of all human proteins
Infant hearing test might be sound predictor of autism
Babies who are later diagnosed with autism have a sluggish brain response to sound on a universal newborn hearing screen.

Infant hearing test might be sound predictor of autism
Test gauges autistic children’s verbal abilities in natural settings
An interactive assessment allows clinicians and researchers to evaluate an autistic child's use of language in everyday social situations.

Test gauges autistic children’s verbal abilities in natural settings
Puberty may arrive early for some autistic girls
Girls with autism tend to start puberty earlier than their peers do, which may intensify their social difficulties and put them at an increased risk for bullying and mental health conditions such as depression.

Puberty may arrive early for some autistic girls
Traits in mothers may signal gene variants for autism
Autistic children's traits track with subtle, autism-like behaviors in their mothers; women with these traits may also carry a genetic predisposition to the condition.

Traits in mothers may signal gene variants for autism
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Autism program chief among National Institutes of Health layoffs
The termination is one of more than 1,000 employee cuts at the U.S. agency this week.

Autism program chief among National Institutes of Health layoffs
The termination is one of more than 1,000 employee cuts at the U.S. agency this week.
This paper changed my Life: Bill Newsome reflects on a quadrilogy of classic visual perception studies
The 1970s papers from Goldberg and Wurtz made ambitious mechanistic studies of higher brain functions seem feasible.

This paper changed my Life: Bill Newsome reflects on a quadrilogy of classic visual perception studies
The 1970s papers from Goldberg and Wurtz made ambitious mechanistic studies of higher brain functions seem feasible.
Science must step away from nationally managed infrastructure
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.

Science must step away from nationally managed infrastructure
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.