Posted by on under autm, digg, university researchers, fraser university, schizophrenia, faults, autism, genes, sim | 
Simon Fraser University researchers have found that autism and schizophrenia are both caused by faults in the same set of genes, raising hopes that an effective test or treatment for one may be adapted for use on the other.
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Posted by on under unaffected children, autm, brainwaves, infancy, autism, spectrum, brain |
Researchers believe they have discovered a potential way of spotting autism in early infancy by scanning the brainwaves...They've discovered that children with autism spectrum disorders recognize sound a fraction of a second slower (11 milliseconds) than unaffected children, making detection possible through scans...
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Posted by on under fragile x syndrome, th link, even adults, family investment, animal models, startup company, mutatis, fragile x, milli, autism, compounds, spokesman, spectrum, cambridge ma, drugs, institutes of health |
An anonymous reader sends in this link from Technology Review about a startup company testing drugs that may help those with autism-spectrum disorders — even adults. "Seaside Therapeutics, a startup based in Cambridge, MA, is testing two compounds for the treatment of fragile X syndrome, a rare, inherited form of intellectual disability linked to autism. The treatments have emerged from molecular studies of animal models that mirror the genetic mutations seen in humans. Researchers hope that the drugs, which are designed to correct abnormalities at the connections between neurons, will ultimately prove effective in other forms of autism spectrum disorders. ... The company is funded almost entirely by an undisclosed family investment of $60 million, with $6 million from the National Institutes of Health. [A spokesman] says that Seaside has enough funding to take its compounds through clinical testing and approval."
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Posted by on under jenny mccarthy, mmr shots, lger, measles, mumps, autism, belief that, signs |
After years of speaking publicly about her belief that MMR shots (immunization for measles, mumps, and rubella) caused her son to suffer from autism, Jenny McCarthy now faces the reality that her 7-year-old son Evan — who no longer shows any signs of autism — may likely have lived with a completely different illness.
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Posted by on under science link, vaccines, autism, last time |
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