https://news.yale.edu/2026/04/02/zebrafish-reveal-new-insights-biology-autism?utm_source=YaleToday&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=YT_YaleToday-Faculty_4-7-2026 QT{{” Here, we leverage the strengths of zebrafish as a scalable in vivo system to screen 520 US FDA-approved drugs and establish a database of their effects on sensory processing and arousal behaviors. Using this database, we nominate pharmacological candidates relevant to specific ASD genes or gene subgroups. “}}
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