Autism in kids with NF1 mutations (AUDIO)
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RESEARCHERS AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN ST. LOUIS HAVE IDENTIFIED A CONNECTION BETWEEN MUTATIONS IN THE GENE THAT CAUSES NEUROFIBROMATOSIS AND AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER IN THE PATIENTS WHO HAVE THE RARE TUMOR SYNDROME. AS SCIENTISTS ATTEMPT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE GENETIC ROOTS OF AUTISM, THIS NEW DISCOVERY --THAT THE DISORDER CAN RESULT FROM MUTATIONS IN A SINGLE GENE -- COULD CONTRIBUTE TO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW GENES CONTRIBUTE TO AUTISM IN THE WIDER POPULATION. JIM DRYDEN HAS MORE...
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