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Autism and Brain Growth Patterns Unraveled by Yale Scientists (scitechdaily.com)

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By using brain organoids derived from autistic children’s stem cells, researchers uncovered distinct neural growth patterns, potentially guiding personalized treatments and diagnoses.

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[–] tgm 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What does this mean for autistic people in practice?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Earlier identification. Also I get to tell people that's why I have a big head /j

[–] tgm 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh neat, could this be used for and simpler test too?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Simpler no, but it would help create In an earlier flag, before socialization. I want to be clear that this doesn't seem to be looking at any more than the first few years of life. We don't know if it actually correlates to having a larger head as an adult or anything like that Unless I missed something.