<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/04-22/folate-connection-to-autism.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories>Research</categories><pubDate>04/22/2025 04:30:00 AM</pubDate><title>Understanding the Folate Connection to Autism</title><sub-title/><description>For more than three decades, Edward V. Quadros, Ph.D., Hematology/Oncology Division Research Professor in the Department of Medicine, has been chasing the answer to a question that did not make sense: Why do some children with autism show signs of folate deficiency in the brain—even when their blood tests look normal?</description><author>Office of the President</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="https://www.downstate.edu/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/04-22/_images/quadros.jpg" alt="Dr. Quadros"/></image><tags><tag>Department of Medicine</tag></tags><categories><category>Research</category></categories></item>