Autism Science Foundation Weekly Science Report

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Have you heard the good news?

Posted October 6, 2025 • 00:26:57

The National Institutes of Health just awarded $50million to 13 different research sites to better understand genetic and environmental contributions...

Happy Birthday Simons Searchlight!

Posted September 21, 2025 • 00:44:09

In an effort to better understand the causes of autism in those with a known genetic variant associated with ASD or other developmental disorders, in...

Let’s Talk Tylenol

Posted September 8, 2025 • 00:16:11

This week the @WSJ reported that the upcoming MAHA report will include acetaminophen (also known as Tylenol in the United States, although it is used...

This one’s for the girls

Posted August 25, 2025 • 00:45:19

This week, Drs. Casey Burrows from @UMN and Shuting Zheng from @UTexas discuss a new paper looking at sex differences in autism features from 20-40...

Autism and diseases of the aging brain

Posted August 10, 2025 • 00:12:18

As the autistic brain ages, is it more vulnerable to other brain disorders? Recent scientific discoveries in Parkinson’s Disease and Alzheimer’s...