Autism-cholesterol link revealed in new study

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New Delhi, Aug 23 (ANI): Researchers in a new study have identified a subtype of autism arising from a cluster of genes that regulate cholesterol metabolism and brain development. The study conducted by researchers from Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Northwestern University was published in the journal Nature Medicine. The team identified the shared molecular roots between lipid dysfunction and autism through DNA analysis of brain samples--findings that they then confirmed by examining medical records of individuals with autism. Indeed, both children with autism and their parents had pronounced alterations in lipid blood, the analysis showed.

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