Another leap in UNC autism research
Posted Aug 17, 2015
A UNC-based research team confirmed a genetic cause for autism: too much of a particular enzyme in the brain. Postdoctoral fellow Jason Yi researched the genetic cause for the enzyme with a team led by Mark Zylka, an associate professor of cell biology and physiology. The enzyme, called UBE3A, showed up after researchers analyzed DNA from a child with autism and compared it with DNA from the child’s parents, who don’t have autism.
(Daily Tar Heel)
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