
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.

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.

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.