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A Potential Autism Cure: New Research Reveals Gene Therapy Could Treat Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome

A new study has shown that gene therapy could prevent or reverse many deleterious effects of Pitt-Hopkins syndrome New research from the UNC Neuroscience Center lab of Ben Philpot, Ph.D., reveals that restoring lost gene activity prevents many signs of disease in an animal model of Pitt-Hopkins syndrome, a rare monogenic neurodevelopmental disorder . Pitt-Hopkins …

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The broad spectrum of autism depends on the spectrum of genetic factors – Neuroscience News

Summary: Genetic factors influence the severity of symptoms in children on the autism spectrum, and different genetic factors have been associated with different ASD symptoms. Source: UCSD Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is called “spectrum” because the clinical features of ASD range from mild social impairment in some people to severe intellectual disability or epilepsy in …

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