Researchers focused on children with ‘sporadic autism,’ meaning that they have no family history of the disorder or similar impairments, to evaluate a genetic model for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) risk. They discovered a pathway related to modifying chromatin, the spools of DNA in the cell, and regulating genes in the brain and nervous system. Changes in this pathway contribute to children developing autism in different ways. Mutations in this same pathway may also lead to a...
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