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Dan Marino, speaking at the MARI Symposium

Autism Scientific Symposium

Marino Autism Research Institute Scientific Symposium: Environment and Autism Etiology

The MARI Symposium provided a platform for scientists to discuss the role of environment in increasing autism risk and impact on the diversity of behavioral and medical symptoms.

 

People speaking

Down Syndrome Research Plan

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has developed a research plan to advance understanding of Down syndrome and to speed development of new treatments for the condition.

The plan sets research goals for the next 10 years that build upon earlier research advances fostered by the NIH.

Randy Blakely

Researchers Find Possible Genetic Clue To ADHD

NPR interviews VKC investigator, Randy Blakely, discussing research that appears this week in the Journal of Neuroscience.

The study reports that in two brothers with ADHD, a genetic change appears to make one of the brain's neurochemical pathways — the dopamine transporter — run in reverse.