Autism:
Autism Spectrum Disorders: News and Research on Autism. Parenting help and advice on autistic children and latest finding on Autism Spectrum Disorder.
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Mar 1st, 2007
A team of international researchers recently announced the publication of preliminary results from the largest genome scan ever conducted in autism research.\n
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Feb 22nd, 2007
The largest search for autism genes to date has implicated components of the brain's glutamate chemical messenger system and a previously overlooked site on chromosome 11.
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Feb 19th, 2007
What are the genes that contribute child's chances of having autism? Research may have uncovered autism linked genes.
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Feb 19th, 2007
The first results from a scan of the world's largest collection of DNA samples from families affected by autism point to two new genetic links that may predispose people to the brain disorder.
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Feb 19th, 2007
Autism is strongly genetic. If one identical twin individual is affected with autism the chance that the other twin is also affected is between about 70 and 90 percent vs. about 3 to 5 percent in the case of a non identical twin.
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Feb 19th, 2007
Genes that cause autism are linked to a special group of neurons.
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Feb 19th, 2007
CDC Study Confirms Autism Spectrum Disorder as "a Continuing Urgent Public Health Concern"
