Topic: Autism

Genes may have a strong influence over whether kids develop an eating disorder marked by extremely limited food choices, a new study finds.

The "love hormone" oxytocin might not play the critical role in forming social bonds that scientists have long believed, a new animal study suggests.

People who have autism feel pain at a higher intensity than others, which is the opposite of what many believe to be true, new research suggests.

Researchers have uncovered a serious risk for folks who have an extra X or Y chromosome. Those with the genetic condition known as supernumerary sex chromosome aneuploidy have a risk for blood clots.

A new artificial intelligence program is poised to enable the simple production of zinc fingers, customizable proteins that can guide DNA repair by directing enzymes to cut faulty segments out of a person's DNA code.

Autism cases are surging in the New York-New Jersey metro area, mainly fueled by the diagnosis of autistic children who don't have intellectual disabilities, a new study reports.

People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have patterns of gene activity in their brains that differ from people without the condition, researchers from the National Institutes of Health said Wednesday.

A common characteristic of autism is a reluctance to make eye contact with others, and researchers now think they know where in the brain this comes from.

Brain changes in people with autism are more far-reaching than previously thought, occurring throughout the cerebral cortex, according to a newly released study that lasted more than a decade.

Women who have autism are more vulnerable during pregnancy to depression and anxiety, according to a new British study.