OpenMinds continues to support numerous research projects carried out at the ASKC and the Neurogenetics laboratory at AUBMC. These include studying effects of a number of drugs for the NCLs, Read More
Venn diagram depicting the comparison of copy number variations CNVs in autism patients (red circle), healthy controls (blue circle), and those wit Read More
For the ASKC and OpenMinds the aforementioned financial, health, and other calamities facing Lebanon have only translated into a larger than ever Read More
Times of great uncertainty do not preclude making advances in the health Sciences, either by or discovery of novel genes or development of effective treatments for neurogenetic disorders affecting our children. Read More
Breastfeeding and Autistic Disorders: is there an association? A case control study. Mona Nabulsi MD, Yolla Yousseff MD and Rose-Mary Boustany MD.
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White Matter Tract Development in Autistic Toddlers by DTI and Correlation with ongoing therapies. Maritherese Saade MA BCBA, Ahmad Hammoud MD, Rayan Tutounji PhD, Roula Hourani MD, Rose-Mary Boustany MD. Read More
RYR2, PTDSS1 and AREG genes are implicated in a Lebanese population-based study of copy number variation in autism. Silva Kourtian, Jihane Soueid, Nadine Makhoul, Simona Ghanem, Sariah Haddad, Joelle Makoukji, and Rose-Mary Boustany (Scientific Reports: 2015, in press) Read More