'Cancer gene' twice as likely to be defective in children with autism

Thursday, March 31, 2016 - 14:20 in Health & Medicine

A gene whose role is to suppress cellular damage from environmental stressors is nearly twice as likely to be defective in children with autism spectrum disorder, researchers report, adding that the deficit is also present in their fathers.

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