Digg: Autism and schizophrenia linked to faults in same genes

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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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Digg: Possible to Diagnose Autism Early through Brain Scans

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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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