University of Missouri seeking participants for autism study

 

February 22, 2017



COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A University of Missouri research facility is looking for people affected by autism or their biological family members to take part in the nation's largest autism study.

The university's Thompson Center is partnering with the Simons Foundation Powering Autism Research for Knowledge (SPARK) project

The Columbia Daily Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2lj30cF ) the SPARK project will involve DNA analysis of people with autism and their family members. The goal is for researchers to identify genetic differences related to autism.

The participants will be sent a saliva kit to ret...



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