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MIT neuroscientists to study autism and dyslexia
02-06-2008 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Two researchers at MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research will head an ambitious new project to study the origins of autism and dyslexia, supported by an $8.5M grant from the Ellison Medical Foundation.
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