Spectrum News published a great article on March 29th called “Rare Autism Mutations Linked to Distinct Sets of Features”, by Nicholette Zeliadt.\u00a0 The article includes an interview with our own Dr. Raphe Bernier!<\/p>\n
Data from the Simons Simplex Collection (SSC)\u00a0was examined, including measures of autism features, cognitive, language and motor skills.\u00a0 The children included had lower cognitive abilities and more severe autism features than other children from the SSC not included in this data sample.\u00a0 Results indicate that children with de novo<\/em> mutations have an approximately 2-month delay in walking than children without these mutations, but have better language and less severe social difficulties.<\/p>\n Follow this link for the full article: https:\/\/spectrumnews.org\/news\/rare-autism-mutations-linked-distinct-sets-features\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Spectrum News published a great article on March 29th called “Rare Autism Mutations Linked to Distinct Sets of Features”, by Nicholette Zeliadt.\u00a0 The article includes an interview with our own Dr. Raphe Bernier! Data from the Simons Simplex Collection (SSC)\u00a0was examined, including measures of autism features, cognitive, language and motor skills.\u00a0 The children included had … Continue reading De Novo gene mutation in Autism linked to distinct seats of features<\/span>