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UC San Diego Researchers Join Largest Autism Study Ever in United States

April 21, 2016

Autism experts at University of California San Diego Autism Center of Excellence (ACE) at the School of Medicine will be part of the largest autism study ever undertaken in the United States – an effort to collect information and DNA from 50,000 individuals, ages 3 to 100, with the neurodevelopmental…

Variants in Non-Coding DNA Contribute to Inherited Autism Risk

April 19, 2018

…to approximately one-third of cases of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In a new study, an international team led by scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have identified a culprit that may explain some of the remaining risk: rare inherited variants in regions of non-coding DNA.

Measuring Mutations in Sperm May Reveal Risk for Autism in Future Children

December 23, 2019

Spontaneous mutations in male sperm are linked to development of autism spectrum disorder. Researchers have created a way to measure mutations and estimate risk of ASD in future children. If developed into a clinical test, the method could be a useful predictive tool in genetic counseling.

Novel Studies of Gene Regulation in Brain Development May Mean New Treatment of Mental Disorders

November 30, 2012

…drug designs for mental disorders such as autism-spectrum disorders (ASD) and schizophrenia.

Genetic Changes that Cause Autism Are More Diverse Than Previously Thought

March 24, 2016

…to unravel the genetic basis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

SDSC Receives HPCwire Awards for Top HPC Achievement, Life Sciences

November 14, 2018

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California San Diego has received two key HPCwire annual awards for 2018, recognizing the use of its Comet supercomputer in assisting scientists in finding the first evidence of a source of high-energy cosmic neutrinos, and for Comet’s role in a…

New Grant Will Fund Collaborative Effort to Build Reproducible Assays To Model Autism

September 22, 2015

…cell-based technologies and assays for studying autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other mental health diseases to a consortium of researchers at the University of California, San Diego and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, working in tandem with leaders in the biotechnology sector.

How Prenatal Maternal Infections May Affect Genetic Factors in Autism Spectrum Disorder

March 21, 2017

In a new study, researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, University of Cyprus and Stanford University map the complex biological cascade caused by MIA: the expression of multiple genes involved in autism are turned up or down by MIA, affecting key aspects of prenatal brain…

Human Sperm Mutations that can Cause Disease in Children Identified

August 12, 2021

UC San Diego researchers have described a new method for observing and counting mutations in sperm, and how to use this data to predict the likely impact of these mutations on future children.

Children Affected by Prenatal Drinking More Numerous than Previously Estimated

February 6, 2018

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found a significant number of children across four regions in the United States were determined to have fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). The new findings may represent more accurate prevalence estimates of FASD among the general population than prior research.

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