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Cure Autism Now | Researchers In The News | 2001 #AutisticHistory
Cure Autism Now Researchers in the News Two researchers who are active in the ongoing work of Cure Autism Now have recently been in the media spotlight. They are Dr. Eric Kandel of New York’s Columbia University, and Scientific Advisory Board member Dr. Ira Black of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Piscataway, New […]
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Research Projects Cure Autism Now Funded in 2000 | #AutisticHistory
Research Projects Cure Autism Now Funded in 2000 Conditional Neurotrophin Knock-out Mice as a Model for the Developmental Neuropathology of Autism Schahram Akbarian, Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital (Young Investigator) Dr. Akbarian’s group has recently generated a mutant mouse that lacks the developing brain neurotrophin-3 (NT-3), a growth factor molecule. The mice are viable and have […]
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Cure Autism Now | Overview of Autism Research 1998 – 2000 | #AutisticHistory
What’s New, What’s Old and What’s Next? 1998-2000: Overview of Autism ResearchBy Portia Iversen After forty years in the desert, major change has been underway in the field of autism research. The past two years in particular, have seen a major increase in autism research. Significant new data are beginning to accumulate, laying the ground […]
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Cure Autism Now Board Of Directors, Honorary Board, AGRE Steering Committee & More | 2000 #AutisticHistory
DIRECTORS THE CAN BOARD OF DIRECTORS Portia E. Iversen President (parent) Jonathan Shestack Vice President, Treasurer (parent) Ricki Robinson, M.D. Medical Liaison (parent) Ellen Bolte Secretary (parent) Sallie Bernard Board Member (parent) Andrea Bertrand Board Member (parent) Anthony Edwards Board Member Elizabeth Emken Board Member (parent) Nanci Fredkin Board Member George Jones Board Member (parent) Jonathan Kaunitz, M.D. Board Member (parent) Marianne Lynch Board Member (parent) Jerome Shestack, […]
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Autism Speaks | Top Ten Autism Research Findings of 2009 | Feb. 8, 2010 #AutisticHistory #BanABA
Top Ten Autism Research Findings of 2009 Leading Autism Advocacy Organization Documents Progress to Discover Causes and Treatments for Autism Spectrum Disorders NEW YORK, N.Y. (February 8, 2010)– Autism Speaks, the world’s largest autism science and advocacy organization, has released its annual list of the 10 most significant research achievements to have impacted autism during […]
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Autism Speaks Partners with Albania and Ireland Launching First Global Autism Public Health Initiatives | April 1, 2009 #AutisticHistory #BanABA
Autism Speaks Partners with Albania and Ireland Launching First Global Autism Public Health Initiatives Global Autism Science and Advocacy Organization Reviews Worldwide Research Efforts on the Second Annual World Autism Awareness Day – April 2, 2009 NEW YORK, N.Y. (April 1, 2009) – Autism Speaks, the world’s largest autism science and advocacy organization, announced today a […]
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Autism Speaks | $100 Million Challenge Kicks Off Global “Decade for Autism” | Sept. 22, 2009 #AutisticHistory #BanABA
$100 Million Challenge Kicks Off Global “Decade for Autism” Autism Speaks Gathers First Spouses and Autism Experts for a Forum on the Global Autism Crisis NEW YORK, NY (September 22, 2009) – Autism Speaks, the world’s largest autism research and advocacy organization gathered more than 150 First Spouses and dignitaries today for the Second Annual World […]
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