Their plans stand to improve how autistic children from racial or ethnic minorities are evaluated.

The code may help scientists identify people with the autism-linked condition and recruit them into clinical trials.

After a brain transplant of reprogrammed human cells, the animals can for the first time recapitulate some neuronal changes seen in people with fragile X syndrome.

People with the autism-linked syndrome lack a protein implicated in several cancers, but it’s unclear whether — or how — they are protected from malignancies.

The results highlight the importance of subgrouping study participants based on their underlying genetics, the researchers say.