In this short video, Dr. Robert Ring, Dr. Gerald D. Fischbach, Dr. Christopher A. Walsh, Dr. Susan Bookheimer and Dr. Susan Wilczynski discuss how a decade from now, it’s likely that we will have a much better sense of what the underlying root cause of autism is in many
children. It’s also possible that new drugs will be developed [...]

In this short video, Dr. Robert Ring, Dr. Gerald D. Fischbach, Dr. Christopher A. Walsh, Dr. Susan Bookheimer and Dr. Susan Wilczynski  discuss how Conditions like Fragile X Syndrome share characteristics with autism and could be the key to finding a gene associated with
the disorder. That, in turn, could help determine what it actually is.

In this short video, Dr. Robert Ring, Dr. Gerald D. Fischbach, Dr. Christopher A. Walsh, Dr. Susan Bookheimer and Dr. Susan Wilczynski discuss how in the coming years we will likely find out which proteins are encoded by autism genes, and how those proteins affect
synapses. The more difficult step will then be to figure out how [...]

In this short video, Dr. Robert Ring, Dr. Gerald D. Fischbach, Dr. Christopher A. Walsh, Dr. Susan Bookheimer and Dr. Susan Wilczynski discuss how in the past, people suspected of autism would typically get an in-depth psychological evaluation to secure a diagnosis before
genetic tests. Today, because the disorder is generally understood to
be genetic, tests are more [...]

In this short video, Dr. Robert Ring, Dr. Gerald D. Fischbach, Dr. Christopher A. Walsh, Dr. Susan Bookheimer and Dr. Susan Wilczynski discuss how physicians and hospitals that care for people with autism—and the clinical trials and possible drugs that could result 
from their work—require substantial funding from both governments and private entities, says Dr. Gerald [...]

I came across this great story today from Brown University and the University of Alberta… http://today.brown.edu/articles/2010/12/audax Brown Nanomaterials Engineer Thomas Webster and University of Alberta chemist Hicham Fenniri have codeveloped a material that, when injected in to broken bones, solidifies to provide a set within minutes without specialist curing conditions such as ultraviolet radiation. The material also contains [...]

In this short video, Dr. Larry Altstiel, Dr. Ottavio Arancio, Meryl Cromer, Dr. Samuel E. Gandy, Dr. Leonard Guarente and Dr. Juan Troncosco discuss that now researchers have associated many genes with Alzheimer’s disease their findings are shifting our ideas about the pathology of the illness—as well as the way we approach treatment.

In this short video, Dr. Ottavio Arancio, Meryl Cromer, Dr. Samuel E. Gandy, Dr. Leonard Guarente, Dr. Juan Troncosco and Dr. Anabella Villalobos discuss the relationship between metabolic disorders and Alzheimer’s, with factors such as obesity and type II diabetes linked to the disease. But unless a genetic pattern is unlocked, such interrelated factors are difficult [...]

In this short video, Dr. Larry Altstiel, Dr. Ottavio Arancio, Meryl Cromer, Dr. Samuel E. Gandy, Dr. Leonard Guarente and Dr. Juan Troncosco discuss  how during the height of the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s, when treatments hadn’t yet been developed, the advocacy group Act Up took to the streets. As Alzheimer’s disease spreads, will [...]

In this short video, Dr. Larry Altstiel, Dr. Ottavio Arancio, Meryl Cromer, Dr. Samuel E. Gandy, Dr. Leonard Guarente and Dr. Juan Troncosco discuss how those who take care of people with Alzheimer’s absorb a tremendous amount of stress. This is harmful to their health and could shorten their lives.