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Researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, have made a significant breakthrough in autism research. The UNLV researchers uncovered a connection to a type of neuromuscular disease called myotonic dystrophy.
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A recent discovery of a molecular connection between autism and myotonic dystrophy, a type of neuromuscular disease, may provide a breakthrough on how clinicians approach autism spectrum disorder. The new study by an interdisciplinary team of biomedical scientists, published on April 21 in Nature Neuroscience, used myotonic dystrophy as a tool or model to learn more about autism – effectively using one disorder to better understand the other.
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A recent discovery of a molecular connection between autism and myotonic dystrophy, a type of neuromuscular disease, may provide a breakthrough on how clinicians approach autism spectrum disorder. The new study by an interdisciplinary team of biomedical scientists, published on April 21 in Nature Neuroscience, used myotonic dystrophy as a tool or model to learn more about autism – effectively using one disorder to better understand the other.

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Assistant professor Jingchun Chen and undergraduate students Melika Cummings, Tyrell Pratt, Alice Lee, Eunjae Lee, Jennifer Zheng, Faria Tavacoli (all Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine) presented at the 2025 National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), a premier academic event…
Congratulations to the UNLV racquetball team who competed in Corporate Challenge on Thursday, April 10. They won 1st overall and 10 points for UNLV. Competitors were Adam Koebke (Mathematics) who won gold in men's singles, Venki Muthukumar (Electrical Engineering) and Sai Parsa (Computer…

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Professor, Biochemistry

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Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy

An internationally recognized expert in astrophysics.

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Professor, UNLV Department of Geoscience

Carrie Tyler is a marine conservation paleobiologist.

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