New Causes of Autism Found in Noncoding DNA

Scientists can apply the same techniques used in the new study to explore the role noncoding mutations play in diseases such as cancer and heart disease, says study co-author Jian Zhou of CCB and Princeton. The researchers used their model to predict the impact of non-inherited, noncoding mutations in each child with autism. Noncoding mutations in many of the children with autism altered gene regulation, the analysis suggested.

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