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Commonality between autism and cancer genes - elte - May 4, 2016
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-05-autism-cancer-remarkable-genes-common.html -- '"Errors associated with genome maintenance during fetal life may occur at critical time periods for [brain development] resulting in neurodevelopmental disorders," said Heyer, "whereas errors more commonly occur during adult life in cell types susceptible to tumors."'