{"id":15794,"date":"2021-07-13T12:40:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T17:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/?p=15794"},"modified":"2023-12-04T15:25:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T21:25:31","slug":"biologist-takes-a-genetic-look-at-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus-2021\/biologist-takes-a-genetic-look-at-autism\/","title":{"rendered":"Biologist takes a genetic look at autism"},"content":{"rendered":"
A rare disorder called Timothy syndrome causes severe heart malfunction, and most people diagnosed with it don\u2019t survive beyond childhood. It is caused by a single gene variant that can also cause autism, so it provides a unique window into autism at the genetic level.<\/p>\n
Autism is a neurological and developmental disorder associated with variants in at least 1,000 genes. But scientists still don\u2019t know how these variants contribute to the development of autism in people.<\/p>\n