China Focus: Researchers discover brain functions of autism risk gene in mice
(WorldNews China)

by Xinhua writer Yuan Quan BEIJING, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- Public awareness of the impact of autism has been increasing, but there are still many aspects of the disease that are poorly understood by doctors and scientists. Chinese researchers have made a breakthrough by finding the functions of an important gene in brain development, and that its deficiency can cause autism. Autism spectrum disorder...