{"id":243349,"date":"2026-08-29T05:02:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T10:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/genetic-testing-reveals-that-autism-linked-syndrome-is-more-common-than-previously-thought"},"modified":"2026-08-29T05:02:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T10:02:31","slug":"genetic-testing-reveals-that-autism-linked-syndrome-is-more-common-than-previously-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/genetic-testing-reveals-that-autism-linked-syndrome-is-more-common-than-previously-thought","title":{"rendered":"Genetic Testing Reveals That Autism-Linked Syndrome Is More Common Than Previously Thought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/genetic-testing-reveals-that-autism-linked-syndrome-is-more-common-than-previously-thought.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A large genetic study found Phelan-McDermid syndrome is much more common than earlier estimates suggested. Expanding genetic testing could identify thousands of undiagnosed people and improve access to specialized care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A large genetic study found Phelan-McDermid syndrome is much more common than earlier estimates suggested. Expanding genetic testing could identify thousands of undiagnosed people and improve access to specialized care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[412,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genetics","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243349","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\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}