Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas does not need U.S. military’s help responding to protests
Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday that Texas does not need the U.S. military’s help in containing protests over the death of George...
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Gov. Abbott is sending state police to help combat violent crime in Dallas. A similar effort last year proved controversial.
Gov. Greg Abbott is again sending Texas state police into Dallas as the city experiences a spike in shootings. The governor’s deployment,...
Ambitious U.K. project set to sequence 10,000 genomes
Recruitment of participants is well under way for one of the largest and most ambitious sequencing projects yet undertaken, according...
Study questions large head size in autism
Two new studies raise questions about one of the most frequently reported biological signatures of autism: a larger-than-normal head. Leo...
Exploring the hidden world of inhibitory brain signals
Billions of years ago, a Mars-sized body slammed into Earth, dislodging a spinning ring of debris that formed our moon....
Massive sequencing studies reveal key autism genes
Analyzing the sequences of more than 20,000 people, researchers have unearthed the largest and most robust list of autism genes...
Monkey missing Rett gene prompts primate research debate
Scientists have created a transgenic monkey modeling Rett syndrome, they announced yesterday at the 2014 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in Washington,...
In Gaza Strip, autism researchers battle dearth of resources
Trying to do autism research in the Gaza Strip, one of the most politically unstable regions in the world, is...
European consortium strives to spur autism drug development
A $38.7 million project in the European Union — the largest single grant for autism research in the world —...
Scientists finger neurexin 1 defects in autism
Several studies in the past year in people, mice and honeybees have tied autism to a protein that helps neurons...
