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Autism Genes That Control Early Learning Sunday, July 13, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Medicine   
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A new genetic analysis of large, inbred Middle Eastern families found that genes linked to a heightened risk of autism are crucial to a child's ability to learn. A group of scientists, led by a team at Children's Hospital Boston, has pinpointed six new genes that may contribute to autism, a disorder characterized by asocial behavior, difficulty communicating and repetitive actions that affects an estimated one in 150 children born in the U.S. each year. (source: sciam.com)
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