Simons Foundation Awards $24.7 Million for Autism Research
The University of Edinburgh has announced a £20 million ($24.5 million) grant from the Simons Foundation in support of pioneering studies into the biological mechanisms that underpin changes in brain development associated with autism.
The Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain will be based at the university's Patrick Wild Centre for Research into Autism, Fragile X Syndrome, and Intellectual Disabilities. According to researchers at the center, the investment could lead to new treatments for people with autism spectrum disorders.
To that end, researchers will use advanced techniques to probe brain development in the presence of DNA changes known to cause autism and investigate how variations in the wiring of the brain can affect the way the brain processes information...