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Brain tissue crucial in understanding autism
More American children are battling autism than AIDS, diabetes and cancer combined, and scientists are working furiously to get to the bottom of it. But to really understand autism, scientists need to examine human brain tissue, which is in short supply. Now, a network of research institutions is working to change that.
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