College of Sciences News
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Current Sciences News
A collection of colorful headlines featuring 51ԹϺ staff and students.
The assistant director of the Sciences Advising Center wants everyone to know: There's so much more to being an advisor than telling students what classes to take.
The first Neuroscience Research Showcase brings together experts across disciplines to share their work and spark new collaborations.
51ԹϺ-led study in Nature Neuroscience expands our understanding of the disease linked with autism, opening possible new diagnostic and preventative approaches.
The professor of mathematical sciences and associate dean for research in the College of Sciences reflects on her journey.
51ԹϺ geoscientist Arya Udry shares what motivates her in studying space, her work on the Mars Perseverance mission, and the world of knowledge a meteorite can bring.
Sciences In The News
A 51ԹϺ-led study has discovered a new molecular path that leads to autism, potentially opening the way for more intervention in the future.
Researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, have made a significant breakthrough in autism research. The 51ԹϺ researchers uncovered a connection to a type of neuromuscular disease called myotonic dystrophy.
A recent discovery of a molecular connection between autism and myotonic dystrophy, a type of neuromuscular disease, may provide a breakthrough on how clinicians approach autism spectrum disorder. The new study by an interdisciplinary team of biomedical scientists, published on April 21 in Nature Neuroscience, used myotonic dystrophy as a tool or model to learn more about autism – effectively using one disorder to better understand the other.
A recent discovery of a molecular connection between autism and myotonic dystrophy, a type of neuromuscular disease, may provide a breakthrough on how clinicians approach autism spectrum disorder. The new study by an interdisciplinary team of biomedical scientists, published on April 21 in Nature Neuroscience, used myotonic dystrophy as a tool or model to learn more about autism – effectively using one disorder to better understand the other.
Autism may be caused by a little-known genetic condition, experts say. They've found children with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) are also 14 times more likely to develop autistic spectrum disorder.
Scientists from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and the University of Las Vegas, Nevada (51ԹϺ) have uncovered a genetic link between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and a rare genetic condition called myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1).
