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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...