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Learn how a group of community representatives, patients and care providers across Ontario created a list of  questions that demand research attention http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/Patients-Set-Research-Priorities-for-Neurodevelopmental-Disorders;-A-Canadian-First-Facilitated-by-Ontario-Brain-Institute-507449

Jonathan Lai, a PhD candidate at McMaster University, presented an important study on the genetics of Fragile X mice. A Lillian Rose Stegne Memorial Stipend made it possible for Jonathan to attend the 2013 Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA to present his paper: Lai JKY, Ellegood J, Rilett KC, MacKenzie RN,…
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Dr. Steven Scherer and his colleagues made the news again! A paper published in Nature Medicine, described findings from the MSSNG Study, which found that even siblings with ASD do not share the same genetic changes and that their symptoms can be different. Read the CTV news report here: Whole-genome sequencing of quartet families with…
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Diversity in Developmental Trajectories in Kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder Preschool children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) differed from each other in symptom severity and adaptive functioning at the time of diagnosis and some of these differences appeared to increase by age 6, according to a study published online by JAMA Psychiatry. Although a small…
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Recently, Autism Speaks announced that geneticist Stephen Scherer (Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto) as the new director of the Autism Speaks-led project. The first major announcement came from Dr. Scherer in a presentation at a conference in San Diego where he outlined the groundbreaking project “MSSNG” (pronounced missing). Vowels were intentionally removed…
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