{"id":89150,"date":"2026-05-14T07:38:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T07:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=89150"},"modified":"2026-05-14T07:38:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T07:38:56","slug":"autism-breakthrough-landmark-study-uncovers-hidden-gene-linked-to-conditions-defining-behaviors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/05\/14\/autism-breakthrough-landmark-study-uncovers-hidden-gene-linked-to-conditions-defining-behaviors\/","title":{"rendered":"Autism breakthrough: Landmark study uncovers hidden gene linked to condition&#8217;s defining behaviors"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA23723q.img?w=534&amp;h=356&amp;m=6\" alt=\"Researchers in Canada have identified a gene that may be linked to social issues and repetitive behaviors in autism (stock image)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Scientists have discovered a gene that may be responsible for defining behaviors linked to autism. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/health\/health-news\/autism-breakthrough-landmark-study-uncovers-hidden-gene-linked-to-condition-s-defining-behaviors\/ar-AA236gSS?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=6a04b8c8c2714e96843da8bc81ed3d56&amp;ei=68\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Scientists have discovered a gene that may be responsible for defining behaviors linked to autism. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-89150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Autism-spectrum.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89151,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89150\/revisions\/89151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}