Modeling autism in a lab dish: Researchers create autistic neuron model
Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 14:21
in Biology & Nature
A collaborative effort between researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the University of California, San Diego, successfully used human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells derived from patients with Rett syndrome to replicate autism in the lab and study the molecular pathogenesis of the disease.