The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) is hosting a free webinar, “The Crisis of Access to Early Diagnosis of Autism and Emerging Solutions” on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, at 2:00 pm ET. The webinar presenter, Ami Klin, Ph.D., is the Director of the Marcus Autism Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar Professor & Chief, Division of Autism & Related Disorders, Department of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine. The host, Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D., is the President & CEO of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation and host of the Emmy® nominated television series Healthy Minds.

Researchers will explore a promising approach for treating degenerative diseases by replacing damaged cells with new ones and will focus on genetically engineering replacement cells from embryonic stem cells, which have the potential to develop into mature cells and tissues. The project aims to address the challenges of converting immature stem cells into fully functional adult cells, specifically investigating how to transform eye lens precursor cells into transparent, functional cells to treat degenerative eye conditions.

The existing prediction models for severe complications of preeclampsia are most accurate only in the two days after hospital admission, with deteriorating performance over time, according to a new study published February 4^th in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Henk Groen of University of Groningen, the Netherlands, and colleagues.