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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — After finishing a shift stocking coffee beans at grocery stores around Birmingham, 27-year-old Sarah Stewart sits down in her mother’s office chair, straps on a set of virtual reality goggles, and steps into an entirely digital world. Using a specialized program created by the digital health company Floreo, Sarah selects an exercise…
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Federal health officials are rolling out a major new research effort aimed at fundamentally transforming how autism is diagnosed and treated across the United States. The ambitious program, known as Systems for Phenotypic Evaluation, Clinical Trajectories, Response, and Agency, or SPECTRA, will bring together a vast array of biological, clinical, behavioral, and real-world data alongside…
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In a significant stride toward understanding and treating neurodevelopmental conditions, researchers have identified a potential therapeutic pathway for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by focusing on a specific brain receptor. A study led by Director Eunjoon Kim of the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) Center for Synaptic Brain Dysfunctions has unveiled that modulating a specific glycine…
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A comprehensive new study conducted by researchers at the Karolinska Institutet has identified a significant association between rare, maternally transmitted infections during pregnancy and an increased risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood. The findings, published in the prestigious journal JAMA Pediatrics, shed new light on the long-term impact of congenital infections—specifically those classified as TORCH…
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The ambitious program is known as Systems for Phenotypic Evaluation, Clinical Trajectories, Response, and Agency, or SPECTRA. According to federal officials, the initiative will bring together a vast array of biological, clinical, behavioral, and real-world data, synthesizing these disparate information streams with advanced computational models. The ultimate goal of the program is to enable earlier…
