UCSF QBI and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Announce Breakthrough Research Findings in the Molecular Understanding of Autism
The Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), in collaboration with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), today reported new breakthrough research findings in the understanding of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
- The Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), in collaboration with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), today reported new breakthrough research findings in the understanding of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
- Belinda Wang, MD, Ph.D., Rasika Vartak, Ph.D., Fima Zaltsman, Ph.D., and Zun Zar Chi Naing, Ph.D. are co-first authors of the manuscript.
- Their findings provide unprecedented insights into the molecular mechanisms of a subset of individuals with ASD who carry specific genetic mutations, serving as a new platform for desperately needed therapeutics development.
- QBI’s convergent biological systems approach that formed the basis of this study can be applied to virtually any disease area.