Genetic engineers in Shanghai say they have created monkeys that carry a rare human gene related to autism, which could help them identify brain malfunctions that cause serious behavioral problems.

Chinese scientists report they've created monkeys that carry a gene linked to autism-like behaviors. The altered monkeys also produced offspring that inherited the human gene, according to research ...

Scientists in China have engineered monkeys to have a human autism gene in the hope that they can find a treatment for the condition, according to the scientific journal, Nature. A team of researchers ...

The first large-scale study of autism in China has revealed that around one in a hundred people in the country has an autism spectrum condition - the same figure as found in the West. The research was ...

ANHUI, East China — On a drizzly March afternoon, 12 young people dressed in colorful raincoats shuffle into the yard of a remote mountaintop school. They gather in silence, ushered by a team of ...

After strict quality control and CNV calling, 546 ASD subjects (343 trios) and 988 normal controls were analysed (Fig. 1). On average, 18 CNV calls per individual were made for samples genotyped using ...

Led by a team from the Institute of Neuroscience at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai, researchers have genetically modified monkeys to feature a gene associated with autism spectrum ...