August 22, 2026
What is the evidence that autism is genetic?
This week we talk to Drs. Steve Scherer, Lisa Bradley and Graham Collingridge who recently published research that shows the gene PTCHD1-AS influences social functioning...
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May 17, 2026
Lost in translation: SPARK NS helps scientists with a good idea turn it into therapies for families
SPARK – neuroscience, known to autism researchers as the other “SPARK”, is a project based out of Stanford University. This project does not collect genetics...
March 8, 2026
Rare Disease Week, the FDA, mortality in autism, trajectories and subcategories
This week’s podcast summarizes some highlights in scientific research and includes a recognition of Rare Disease Week and actions taken by the FDA to ease...
February 9, 2026
Genetic pathways leading to autism
A landmark study that uses brain organoids from different people with different genes associated with autism showed that the different genes act as roads that...
December 29, 2025
The 2025 Year in Review
This year was a VERY eventful year for autism. If you want to hear a highlight of the good news, the great science that was...
September 21, 2025
Happy Birthday Simons Searchlight!
In an effort to better understand the causes of autism in those with a known genetic variant associated with ASD or other developmental disorders, in 2010,...
April 13, 2025
Microglia as a target for new interventions
There is a cell in the brain called the microglia which has been traditionally overlooked as a target for therapies. New research supported by ASF...
February 9, 2025
An Explanation of Some of the Recent Scientific Research Announcements
The past couple of weeks have been a flurry of decisions involving government funding for research and health and wellness services. It’s been difficult to...
January 5, 2025
We missed one for the 2024 year end summary: Proof of the importance of genetic testing in autism
It happens every year – this one belonged in the 2024 year end highlights but was published late in the year. Researchers at UCSD, UCLA...
