The Embryonic Origins of Autism
Before I get to the autism stuff, I’m going to give you some background. In last week’s blog, I tried to explain the links in development between my hairless mice […]
Author Archives: Emily Casanova
Riddle: What Do Bald Mice & Autism Have in Common?
Last week I penned a blog about my current research foci. One project involves transgenic (mutant) balding mice, meanwhile the other is all about autism genomics. Even though these were […]
An Update on My Current Work: Bald Mice & Autism Genomics
I gotta be honest: my brain is pretty fried this weekend. After each sentence I type here I find myself staring off into space snatching some microsleep. Ya ever feel […]
How Might Autism & Diabetes Be Related?
Back in 2012, researchers associated with the M.I.N.D. Institute in California reported a study in which significant links were found between a “Metabolic Syndrome” in mothers and the occurrence of […]
Are Changes in the Epigenome Actually due to the Dynamic Nature of DNA?
I could be totally wrong on this one, which is cool. Happens often enough. And I won’t profess to be an expert in epigenetics, though I’m not completely ignorant of […]
How Wasteful Is Modern Science?
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wandered, somewhat aimlessly, on websites like Google Scholar, perpetually overwhelmed by the extraordinary expanse of information that’s available on any topic you’d […]
Autofluorescence: When Tissues Light Up under Your Microscope for No Apparent Reason…
Say what? Autofluorescence? You’re telling me parts of my body just light up on their own, like some green cat that’s been bred in a Japanese lab? Yep, no fooling. […]
A Brief Tour through the Natural History Museum of London
Hi, everyone! I’ve arrived back home from a lovely two-week vacation in the south of England. Hope you all enjoyed the mini-tour through the Highclere Castle grounds last week– not […]
The “Science” of Downton Abbey
Truthfully, this entry has nothing to do with science. I’m off on a two-week vacation in the south of England and earlier in the day, had stopped by the setting […]
Guest Post by Dr. Manuel Casanova: “Enlargement of the Brain Ventricles in Preterm Infants and Autism: An Ultrasound Study”
Since I’m going to be out of town on vacation for the next several weeks traveling over to England, my fiancé, Dr. Manuel Casanova, will be providing one or two […]
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