Genetic Insights and CRISPR Advances in Brain Development and Autism
TL;DR
Israeli scientists used CRISPR technology to identify hundreds of genes crucial for early brain development, uncovering new insights into the genetic basis of autism and discovering a new neurodevelopmental disorder linked to the PEDS1 gene, with findings published in Nature Neuroscience.
- Israeli scientists unlock genetic links to Autism, brain disorder using CRISPR tech -study The Jerusalem Post
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- CRISPR knockout screens reveal genes and pathways essential for neuronal differentiation and implicate PEDS1 in neurodevelopment Nature
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- Autism risk is genetic Genetic Literacy Project
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