Studying children with autism and their parents, researchers have found that when a child has autism, his or her parents are more likely to have autistic traits than parents who don’t have a child with an autism spectrum disorder, as measured by a survey used to identify such characteristics. Pictured is one of the study’s authors, John N. Constantino, MD. 
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The CEO of a Belgian company was so impressed with the efforts of a group of Olin Business School students that he traveled 4,300 miles to campus this spring for further interaction with the students, marking the first time an international practicum partner has visited the school.
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New research from the School of Medicine’s Albert Kim, MD, PhD (left), and Hiroko Yano, PhD, helps explain how mutations in the gene that causes Huntington’s disease kill brain cells. The findings could open new opportunities for treating the fatal disorder.
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Some clover species have two forms, one which releases cyanide to discourage nibbling by snails and insects and the other which does not. A WUSTL biologist found that this “polymorphism” has evolved independently in six different species of clover, each time by the wholesale deletion of a gene. The clover species are in a sense predisposed to this deletion, suggesting that evolution is not entirely free form but instead bumps up against constraints.
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It has generally been assumed that people with episodic amnesia experience time much differently than those with more typical memory function. However, recent research by philosopher Carl F. Craver, PhD, disputes this. “There are sets of claims that sound empirical, like ‘These people are stuck in time.’ But if you ask, ‘Have you actually tested what they know about time?’ the answer is no.”
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“Welcome to my new home.” WUSTL through fresh eyes, courtesy of #wustl18 incoming freshman @rolodolo_
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