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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

National Autism Research Center of Israel

Dr. Sharon Bratman-Morag of Rambam Medical Center discovers the TBCB gene mutation that causes a type of Autism Syndrome Disorder. (Rambam Medical Center)
December 3, 2024, 6:30 pm
Israeli researchers discover gene mutation in Ashkenazi Jews that can cause autism
One in 80 Ashkenazi Jews carry the TBCB gene; Israelis can now test for it as part of the Health Ministry national healthcare basket
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative image: an isolated child. (iStock via Getty Images)
November 19, 2021, 11:57 am
Israeli study finds early autism diagnosis dramatically boosts child’s prospects
Two-thirds of children diagnosed by age 2.5 improve by two or more points on autism severity scale; after this age, fewer than a quarter make similar improvement
By Nathan Jeffay
A counselor with posters of red and blue icons teaching an autistic child. (KatarzynaBialasiewicz via iStock by Getty Images)
November 1, 2021, 11:29 am
With massive donation, Israel autism center aims to ‘impact policy worldwide’
$13 million in funding will allow huge ramp-up of project to improve diagnosis and treatment based on large database of Israeli children with autism
By Nathan Jeffay
Emotion emoticons used by a psychologist during a therapy session with a child with autism. (iStock)
August 12, 2020, 5:24 pm
Fixing fat levels may be linked to lowered autism risk, Israeli-US team suggests
Children with autism appear to be more prone than others to a condition that skews lipid levels, scientist find after crunching millions of medical records
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative: A sleeping child (CC BY-SA 3.0 by Stokedsk8erboy, Wikimedia Commons)
December 24, 2019, 3:44 pm
Children with autism suffer from lower ‘sleep depth,’ study shows
Ben-Gurion University researchers demonstrate that brain waves of children with autism are ‘shallower’ than those of typically developing children as they sleep
By Shoshanna Solomon
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