autism

Better tools needed to target autism treatments for children

Although an evaluation of existing treatments for children with autism spectrum disorders found positive results in some studies, better information is needed to target the right treatments to specific children.

Darius Rucker with campers

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center campers join Darius Rucker at ACM Awards

A special performance at the 46th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards April 3 at 8 p.m. on CBS featuring country music star Darius Rucker and participants in the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s ACM Lifting Lives Music Camp will benefit the Kennedy Center.

Gene variant doubles risk of developing autism

A Vanderbilt research team reports, in the largest study of any single gene, that a gene, identified in cancer, is also involved in autism.

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