Owning up to the potential of organoids
Organoids are miniaturized 3D tissue structures that have mimic the structure of a human organ, such as the brain. But can an organoid mimic...
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Autism Science Foundation Weekly Science Report
The week in autism research discoveries
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The newest most advanced way to study gene x environment interactions
This week we talk to Dr. Dan Geschwind from UCLA who was funded by the Autism Data Science Initiative to study thousands of environmental ch...
Clinical Trials – what you need to know about outcome measures
How do you know an intervention is working? It starts with making sure you are measuring the right thing. This week, Drs. Mary Wojnaroski fr...
How to capture the real onset patterns of autism
Autism does not start at one, two or three years. It is a condition with trajectories, where some individuals show signs early, others later...
What is the evidence that autism is genetic?
This week we talk to Drs. Steve Scherer, Lisa Bradley and Graham Collingridge who recently published research that shows the gene PTCHD1-AS...
Calculating a gene x environment interaction in autism
Traditionally, scientists have been able to calculate the role of genes in autism, or the environment in autism. However, understanding the...
Mysteries of Motor Abilities in Autism
This week’s podcast features beloved UCLA child neurologist Dr. Rujuta Wilson who helps families with autism and other neurological co...
What can understanding autistic transgender individuals tell us about sex differences in ASD?
Happy Pride! In honor of June, this week’s podcast focuses on the specific needs of those who are transgender or sexually diverse and...
Autism and disorders of aging
We have talked already about the link between autism and dementia, however a lesser known association is the one between autism and another...
Antidepressants do not cause autism
In all the recent hype on the “overprescribing” of psychiatric medications, there is a circulating rumor antidepressant use in t...
Lost in translation: SPARK NS helps scientists with a good idea turn it into therapies for families
SPARK – neuroscience, known to autism researchers as the other “SPARK”, is a project based out of Stanford University. Thi...
Somebody’s got to do it….it should someone from the autism community.
In November, there will be many Congressional seats open. Wouldn’t it be great if it was someone with firsthand knowledge of the exper...
Why is paramecetol safety so perplexing?
Another study on acetaminophen (known as paramecetol in Denmark) on probability of having a child with autism, this one with over 1.5 millio...
The Mitochondria in a Minute
The word “mitochondrial deficits” gets thrown around a lot as a cause of autism, but what does this really mean? This week we in...
Updates from I-ACC, late prematurity and language development
What is the Independent Autism Coordinating Committee and why did it meet? This week’s podcast discusses the need and the agenda of Th...
Rare Disease Week, the FDA, mortality in autism, trajectories and subcategories
This week’s podcast summarizes some highlights in scientific research and includes a recognition of Rare Disease Week and actions take...
Health Care for Autistic Individuals During Transition Age
This week we talk to Dr. Emily Hotez from UCLA, (and a sibling to an autistic adult) who has focused her research on reducing stigma and mar...
Genetic pathways leading to autism
A landmark study that uses brain organoids from different people with different genes associated with autism showed that the different genes...
Wildfires, air pollution, autism and the EPA response
Air pollution, specifically one part of air pollution called PM 2.5 (named for the size of the crud in the air pollution) has been linked to...
For this podcast, trans means transdiagnostic
On this week’s podcast, we present new research summarizing how autism is part of a larger spectrum of neuropsychiatric disorders and...