Autism breakthrough: One protein's sweeping influence on development of autism revealed
Thursday, December 15, 2016 - 15:31
in Biology & Nature
A drop in one protein is enough to cause autism, according to the results of a new study. Scientists were able to trigger autistic-like behavior in mice that were engineered to have lower levels of the nSR100 protein, which had previously been found to be reduced in the brains of patients with ASD.