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CRISPR-Edited Stem Cells Reveal Hidden Causes of Autism (www.kobe-u.ac.jp)

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[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 weeks ago

Wow… right at the end:

He adds: “Interestingly, the genetic variants we studied are also implicated in other neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. So, this library may be useful for studying other conditions as well.”

These have been harder to pin down than autism spectrum. So this could have some pretty profound consequences.