A recent study published in Translational Psychiatry suggests that the chemical makeup of blood in a newborn’s umbilical cord ...

A six year old in China passed away after she underwent an experimental gene-editing treatment for a rare neurodevelopmental ...

An interdisciplinary and international team of researchers is using a National Institutes of Health grant to investigate how astrocytes — star-shaped brain cells that support neurons — contribute to ...

Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have identified a novel gene associated with neurodevelopmental disorders and epilepsy. The study, published in the American Journal of ...

Brian Lee, PhD, associate professor of epidemiology at the Dornsife School of Public Health, received a 5-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grant of $4M to study possible links between ...

A collaborative study used whole-genome sequencing to examine the genetic makeup of 110 children from Aosta Valley (Valle d'Aosta) with neurodevelopmental disorders and their parents. In a number of ...

Children with neurodevelopmental disorders report congenital abnormalities, such as defects of the heart and/or urinary tract, at least ten times more frequent compared to other children. This is one ...

What are co-occurring disorders in youth, and how can families find effective support? This is answered in a HelloNation ...

Autism is widely misunderstood and when it comes to federal crimes against those with autism, the outcome can be tragic.