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Early Stem Cell Mutation Linked to Autism Tuesday, July 01, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Medicine   
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In a breakthrough scientific study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research have shown that neural stem cell development may be linked to Autism. The study demonstrated that mice lacking the myocyte enhancer factor 2C (MEF2C) protein in neural stem cells had smaller brains, fewer nerve cells and showed behaviors similar to those seen in humans with a form of autism known as Rett Syndrome. (source: sciencedaily.com)
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