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China to use genetically engineered monkeys to find cure for autism

Chinese Scientists Create Genetically Engineered Monkeys to Find Cure for Autism

Jan 27, 2016 07:45 AM EST

Chinese scientists have successfully implanted autism-related genes into a monkey embryo, creating the first autistic nonhuman primate in the world and the condition's most realistic animal model yet. However, they are still finding out how close autism in monkeys resembles that of humans.

Researchers Develop Miniature Brain to Study Autism Spectrum Disorder

Saranya Palanisamy |

Jul 18, 2015 09:10 AM EDT

A new research in stem cells carried out by researchers at Yale School of Medicine has shown that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have large heads usually referred as macrocephaly. According to the study published in the journal Cell, the researchers are hoping to find the reason behind abnormal development of cerebral cortex in children with severe ASD.