{"id":3139,"date":"2014-01-14T17:45:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T22:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/philpot-and-zylkas-autism-research-selected-as-top-advance-in-autism-research-1\/"},"modified":"2018-07-05T14:28:07","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T18:28:07","slug":"philpot-and-zylkas-autism-research-selected-as-top-advance-in-autism-research-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/philpot-and-zylkas-autism-research-selected-as-top-advance-in-autism-research-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Philpot and Zylka&#8217;s Autism Research Selected as Top Advance in Autism Research in 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"130\" height=\"183\" class=\"image-inline size-full wp-image-2641\" title=\"Ben Philpot\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2018\/07\/ben-philpot.jpeg\" alt=\"Ben Philpot\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"130\" height=\"173\" class=\"image-inline size-full wp-image-2645\" title=\"Mark Zylka\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2018\/07\/mark-zylka.jpeg\" alt=\"Mark Zylka\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Autism Speaks, the world\u2019s leading autism science and advocacy organization, selected Ben Philpot and Mark Zylka\u2019s research on the underlying causes of autism as one of the top 10 advances in autism research of 2013.<\/p>\n<p>To read more, click<a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unc.edu\/campus-updates\/autism-breakthrough-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Autism Speaks, the world\u2019s leading autism science and advocacy organization, selected Ben Philpot and Mark Zylka\u2019s research on the underlying causes of autism as one of the top 10 advances in autism research of 2013. 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