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Genetics Tourette & tic disorders OCD

Nature Neuroscience · 2026

Large International Study Identifies 36 Risk Genes Across OCD and Chronic Tic Disorders

Whole-exome sequencing from thousands of people with obsessive–compulsive disorder, chronic tic disorders, or both expands the list of high-confidence large-effect risk genes and strengthens evidence that the two conditions share part of their genetic architecture.

What it does not mean: researchers did not discover “the Tourette gene,” a new diagnostic test, or a new treatment.

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Autism Protein interactions Molecular biology

Science · 2026

How Autism-Linked Mutations Rewire Protein Networks

Researchers mapped 1,881 protein interactions across 100 high-confidence autism risk proteins and found that different patient-derived mutations can converge on shared molecular systems.

What it does not mean: this is not “the cause of autism,” a diagnostic test, or a treatment announcement.

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