Broader+Impacts+of+Autism

Currently, autism is being diagnosed based solely on phenotypic traits displayed by an individual rather than genotype. Scientists are still in the early stages of discovering the genetic factors that eventually lead to an autistic diagnosis.
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Current research regarding autism is focusing on different tissues found in the body. There have been numerous findings in the brain of individuals diagnosed with autism compared to a control group. The research that has been done on the brain has led to questions about gene expression in the brain. Using different tissues allows conclusions to be drawn from more than the genetic testing that has been done in the past (Ansel, 2017).
 * Current Research **

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