Scientists create brain organoids with distinct cortical regional identity
The human brain is often described as one of the most complex structures in biology, and much of…
Vaccine research spans decades and doesn’t show they cause autism
Vaccine research spans decades and doesn’t show they cause autism President Donald Trump has called for big changes…
Hands On Studio celebrates 30 years as artist hopes Julia Gillard portrait will hang in parliament
Hands On Studio artist Stephen Corsini has big aspirations for his portrait of former prime minister Julia Gillard.…
Robbie Williams says he has been diagnosed with ‘a little bit of autism’
The Daily Mail reports that the 52-year-old singer, who has four children with wife Ayda Field, has found…
Cell village approach reveals genetic differences in cell fitness
How readily a cell divides and how well it survives is fundamental to life, shaping everything from organ…
Neurodivergent kids face special mental health risks. New initiative seeks ways to protect them
Like many young people with a diagnosis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Jacob Schreiber was creative, empathetic and endlessly…
Sports-based interventions may improve motor skills in children with autism
Research suggests that more than half of children with autism spectrum disorder, a neurodevelopmental condition, experience motor impairments.…
Prenatal use of certain medications can harm developing fetal brain
A review article by a University of Nebraska Medical Center/Child Health Research Institute research team underscores and describes…
Brain signals explain speech communication differences in autistic children
Why do some children with autism communicate more easily than others, even when they hear the same words?…
Early detection of congenital cerebral ventriculomegaly can help prevent developmental disabilities
Early detection and treatment of congenital cerebral ventriculomegaly (CCV)-when a fetus’s fluid-filled brain ventricles swell due to a…
KFF poll finds vaccine myths reach many Americans but convince few
A new KFF poll shows that most Americans do not firmly believe vaccine myths, but uncertainty remains widespread,…
Prenatal paracetamol use does not increase child neurodevelopmental risks
Researchers from the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), along with Aston Pharmacy School’s Professor Ian Chi-Kei Wong, have…