{"id":124994,"date":"2021-07-15T12:22:32","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T19:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/mini-brain-study-shows-how-environmental-risk-factors-can-amplify-genetic-risks-for-autism"},"modified":"2021-07-15T12:22:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T19:22:32","slug":"mini-brain-study-shows-how-environmental-risk-factors-can-amplify-genetic-risks-for-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/mini-brain-study-shows-how-environmental-risk-factors-can-amplify-genetic-risks-for-autism","title":{"rendered":"Mini-Brain Study Shows How Environmental Risk Factors Can Amplify Genetic Risks for Autism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/mini-brain-study-shows-how-environmental-risk-factors-can-amplify-genetic-risks-for-autism.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summary: Using human stem cells to develop a brain organoid model, researchers were able to show exposure to a common pesticide synergizes with an autism-linked gene mutation. The study provides clear evidence that genetics and environment may combine to disrupt neurodevelopment.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Johns Hopkins University.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have shown in a brain organoid study that exposure to a common pesticide synergizes with a frequent autism-linked gene mutation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: Using human stem cells to develop a brain organoid model, researchers were able to show exposure to a common pesticide synergizes with an autism-linked gene mutation. The study provides clear evidence that genetics and environment may combine to disrupt neurodevelopment. Source: Johns Hopkins University. Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":621,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,412,1495,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-genetics","category-health","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/621"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}