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Source: Michigan Public (NPR), 4 September 2026

A team at UC San Francisco started with 100 proteins made by genes strongly linked to profound autism and mapped more than 1,800 interactions between them. Many of the interactions came together in a few shared processes in early brain development, such as how synapses form. The study, published in Science, is intended to guide future research rather than offer any immediate treatment.

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