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Search for: Offline summarization (match summaries) Hybrid summarization Online summarization Offline summarization (match articles) U.S. World Finance Sci/Tech Entertainment Sports View Today's Images Back to Archive Index About Newsblaster About today's run Newsblaster in Press Academic Papers Article Sources: washingtonpost.com (151 articles) seattletimes. nwsource.com (106 articles) nytimes.com (105 articles) news.bbc.co.uk (100 articles) timesonline.co.uk (78 articles) cbc.ca (76 articles) baltimoresun.com (72 articles) boston.com (68 articles) abcnews.go.com (63 articles) foxnews.com (55 articles) latimes.com (54 articles) ft.com (43 articles) suntimes.com (37 articles) haaretz.com (22 articles) msnbc.msn.com (21 articles) dallasnews.com (20 articles) nypost.com (16 articles) nature.com (14 articles) cnn.com (13 articles) cbsnews.com (9 articles) travel. timesonline.co.uk (6 articles) sfgate.com (6 articles) opinion. latimes.com (6 articles) topics.nytimes.com (4 articles) kristof. blogs.nytimes.com (4 articles) women. timesonline.co.uk (4 articles) business. timesonline.co.uk (4 articles) zdnet.com (2 articles) technology. timesonline.co.uk (2 articles) entertainment. timesonline.co.uk (2 articles) latimesblogs. latimes.com (2 articles) projects. washingtonpost.com (1 article)	Science Briefing: Families help autism study Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English Many of the seemingly disparate genetic mutations recently discovered in autism share common underlying mechanisms, according to the results of a large international study published on Friday. (article 6) The research, published on Friday in the journal Cell, identifies a potential new target for anti-malarial drugs. (article 6) WASHINGTON (AP) - Harvard researchers have discovered half a dozen new genes involved in autism that suggest the disorder strikes in a brain that can't properly form new connections. (article 3) The findings, published in the July 11 issue ofScience, include two large sections missing on chromosomes in autistic people that appear to be tied to inherited mutations in genes regulated by neuronal activity. (article 5) " The one unifying observation from this new report is that all of the relevant mutations could disrupt the formation of vital neural connections during a critical period when experience is shaping the developing brain. (article 5) This discovery was made in studying mutations linked to autism in families from the Middle East, Turkey and Pakistan, in which cousins married and had children with the disorder. (article 5) The findings also may help explain why intense education programs help some autistic children € "because certain genes that respond to experience weren't missing, they were just stuck in the" off " position. (article 2) Other summaries about this story: Summary from United States, from articles in English (5 articles) [compare] Summary from Canada, from articles in English (1 articles) [compare] Event tracking: Track this story's development in time Story keywords autism, Genes, mutations, Walsh, Families Source articles Gene discoveries may help explain how autism works (boston.com, 07/11/2008, 521 words) Autism genes struggle to form connections: Harvard study (cbc.ca, 07/10/2008, 718 words) ABC News: Study Reveals Genetic Clues to Autism (ABCNews, 07/10/2008, 375 words) ABC News: Researchers Find New Genes Linked to Autism (ABCNews, 07/10/2008, 288 words) Common Mechanisms May Contribute to Autism's Mutations (Washington Post, 07/10/2008, 323 words) Science Briefing: Families help autism study (ft.com, 07/11/2008, 753 words) blaster@cs.columbia.edu