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The call for still more data is echoed by autism researchers everywhere.

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By Gita Gupta In this post, I summarize a study from a group of well - known researchers which reveals new insights on gastrointestinal (GI) issues in autism.

A few years ago, the researchers surveyed a random sampling of parents about their attitudes toward vaccines and then showed the participants one of four kinds of information: written material from the CDC explaining the lack of evidence that the MMR vaccine causes autism; written material about the dangers of the diseases prevented by the MMR vaccine; images of children who have the diseases prevented by the MMR vaccine; or a dramatic narrative about an infant who almost died of measles.

Their report, published May 10 in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that among more than a dozen different lines of mice developed around the world to mirror autism caused by mutations to the SHANK3 gene, Duke researchers are the first to create a mouse in which that gene has been completely eliminated.

Jiang said autism researchers worldwide could use the mouse model to study ways to compensate for the gene and improve symptoms in people with autism spectrum disorders and Phelan - McDermid Syndrome, a more profound developmental condition caused by mutations to SHANK3 and other genes in chromosome 22.

Neither researcher had any knowledge of the other's work, and yet by an uncanny coincidence each gave the syndrome the same name: autism, which derives from the Greek word autos, meaning «self.»

A new multi-institutional study by Japanese researchers shows a potential rare gene mutation that could act as a predictor for two neurodevelopmental disorders, schizophrenia and autism.

«Our study was conducted in a supervised setting, by researchers experienced in working with kids with autism spectrum disorders who understand the needs and requirements of the animals,» Dr. O'Haire said.

A hardening of antivaccine attitudes, mixed with the despair experienced by families living under the strain of autism, has heightened the debate — sometimes leading to blowback against scientific researchers.

Parents who have a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are about one third less likely to have more children than families without an affected child, according to a study led by a UC San Francisco researcher.

By crunching data from the genomes of hundreds of individuals with various degrees of autism, the researchers identified several functionally related genetic variations that they say are likely to be linked to autism or to the underlying pathology of neuronal development that may cause it.

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The new study, led by researchers from the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at Children's National Health System, was published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

The researchers compared children age 21 and under with autism who were and were not covered by state mandates.

The researcher concludes that «there is plenty of work to do in order to attain a genetic diagnosis of the disease; however if genetic basis knowledge goes further, new therapeutic intervention could be fostered and autism will stopped to be only treated by palliative and unspecific strategies.»

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) were more than twice as likely to have been exposed in utero to preeclampsia, and the likelihood of an autism diagnosis was even greater if the mother experienced more severe disease, a large study by researchers with the UC Davis MIND Institute has found.

First, an analysis of genomic data from 6,000 patients with autism spectrum disorders, 1,000 patients with bipolar disorder, and 2,500 patients with schizophrenia by co-first author Pierre - Marie Martin, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in Cheyette's lab, revealed that disruptive mutations in the main neuronal form of DIXDC1 were present about 80 percent more often in psychiatric patients (0.9 percent had mutations) compared to healthy controls (0.5 percent had mutations).

Researchers presenting the study abstract, «National Trends in Prevalence and Co-morbid Chronic Conditions among Children with Asthma, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder,» looked at data from the National Survey of Children's Health data for 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2012 to spot trends surrounding these conditions by sociodemographic characteristics in the United States.

A new study conducted by researchers at Marcus Autism Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Emory University School of Medicine helps put to rest a longstanding controversy and question about children with autism spectrum disAutism Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Emory University School of Medicine helps put to rest a longstanding controversy and question about children with autism spectrum disautism spectrum disorder.

A new study by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers finds that a collection of simple strategies used by parents can lead to significant improvements in one - year - olds at risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

The researchers administered the Autism Observation Scale for Infants (AOSI) at 12 months of age followed by the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule - 2 (ADOS - 2), a diagnostic tool, at 24 months.

He served as her postdoctoral mentor and, like Foss - Feig, says autism researchers can learn a lot by studying people with psychosis.

In a study published in the current online issue of JAMA Psychiatry, an international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, report finding a highly accurate blood - based measure that could lead to development of a clinical test for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) risk in males as young as one to two years old.

A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) is giving researchers a first look at the early stages of brain development in patients with Fragile X syndrome, a disorder that causes mild to severe intellectual disability and is the most common genetic cause of autism spectrum disorder.

After six months, the researchers record any changes in behavior and learning abilities, as well as any changes to their autism symptoms, measured by tests such as the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schautism symptoms, measured by tests such as the Autism Diagnostic Observation SchAutism Diagnostic Observation Schedule.

On January 9, a team, led by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Children's Hospital Boston, announced that it had found copy number variations — deletions of duplications of segments of genetic code that alter the number of copies of a gene a person carries — in 12 of 1,400 autism sufferers it was studying.

That is in line with a unified genetic theory of autism proposed by Wigler, who performed a rigorous statistical analysis of a large data set cobbled together by the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange, a group of autism researchers who share data collected from families with autistic chiautism proposed by Wigler, who performed a rigorous statistical analysis of a large data set cobbled together by the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange, a group of autism researchers who share data collected from families with autistic chiAutism Genetic Resource Exchange, a group of autism researchers who share data collected from families with autistic chiautism researchers who share data collected from families with autistic children.

The so - called trust hormone, oxytocin, may not improve the symptoms of children with autism, a large study led by researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) has found.

Parents can learn to use a scientifically validated autism therapy with their own children by taking a short series of group classes, a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford has found.

A researcher at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (UWM) has added to a growing body of evidence that links autism to air pollutants such as those generated by cars and trucks.

A team led by researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) this week publishes in PNAS a new analysis of data on the genetics of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Researchers led by Eric Courchesne are the first to identify a neurobiological early warning sign of autism, detectable during a child's first year of life.

Using data from blood and brain tissue, a team led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that they could gain insights into mechanisms that might help explain autism by analyzing the interplay between genes and chemical tags that control whether genes are used to make a protein, called epigenetic marks.

By modeling early development of the human cerebral cortex, researchers hope to better study disorders like autism, epilepsy, and schizophrenia.

In his commentary posted on Cleveland.com, Neides, who is a family doctor, said that preservatives and other ingredients in vaccines are dangerous and are likely behind the increase in diagnosed cases of neurological diseases such as autism — a claim that has long been discredited by researchers.

A team led by researchers at Western University have identified a previously unidentified genetic mutation that leads to intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder, providing answers to a group of...

LA JOLLA, CA — People with Williams syndrome — known for their indiscriminate friendliness and ease with strangers — process spoken language differently from people with autism spectrum disorders — characterized by social withdrawal and isolation — found researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

Researchers say it won't be along before they're joined by studies investigating whether the therapy might aid diseases like multiple sclerosis and autism.

In 2014, researchers from several institutes investigated that risk by analyzing genetic data mainly from a Swedish epidemiological sample, also pulling data from a separate Swedish family study, the Autism Genome Project, and another set of genetic information around autism, the Simons Simplex ColleAutism Genome Project, and another set of genetic information around autism, the Simons Simplex Colleautism, the Simons Simplex Collection.

About 85 percent of children with autism had concerns about their development noted in their health records by the time they were 3, the researchers found.

my understanding of regular potatoes any color skin flesh etc. is this... potatoes are on the dirty dozen list... sweet potatoes are on the clean 15... i eat over 50 % of my diet in the form of a few different colors of sweet potatoes... i buy them bulk... peel»em very deeply... at least 1/2 inch all around... i sometimes get them as large as 6 pounds (football sized)... i used to wear out the regular potatoes but after speaking with the safety expert from a huge potato company to find out if the potatoes are grown on soil which had grain crops treated with round - up herbicide filled with atrazine and glyphosate (which most grain crops are... inluding many wheat crops... they get sprayed like 3 days before harvest... then the round - up is in the soil)... problem is... the round - up stays for 7 years... after stayin» off the soil for a couple years... it can have any kind of crop planted on it and get an organic rating... but... whatever was planted on that soil is then full of round - up... so... this crop rotation onto fields which had grain crops sprayed with round - up herbicide etc. is EXTREMELY COMMON IN THE GROWING PRACTICE FOR REGULAR POTATOES... very common practice... so even if you peel»em deeply... they are still soaked with round - up... the glyphosates get in the gut... the aluminum which is all over everything grown above ground and not covered (hot house etc)... gets eaten9ya can't wash it off... unless ya peel everything... but greens etc. ya can not get it out... it gets in the fiber)... then ya eat it... it goes in the gut... mixes with the glyphosate... becomes 10,000 timesmore toxic... inhibits the bodies ability to properly process sulfur into sulfide and sulfate... basically many very smart researchers are sayin'this is the cause of all this asperger's... autism... alzheimer's like symptoms in the elderly... you can only take so much nano... pico... and heavy metal poisoning... the brain starts to act very strangely... so... long story short... i eat lots of sweet pots grown on clean soil... they are non-gmo and basically grown organically... but... the grower doesn't pay for the certification... i make sure to get my omega 3 from fresh ground flax seed in the morning away from my sweet potato consumption... the omega 6 in the sweet pots inhibits the absorption of omega 3 and i only want so much fat daily... i'm on the heart attack proof diet by dr. caldwell b. esselstyn jr....

Research is moving quickly to discover more links between gut and brain disorders like autism, Parkinson's disease, anxiety and depression — but there are also some challenges faced by researchers trying to unravel the mystery of the gut - brain relationship.

Autism researchers have been intrigued by the fact that a PST deficiency can cause the improper metabolism of some neurotransmitters (serotonin, dopamine and noradrenaline.)

A 2010 consensus report published in the journal Pediatrics by Harvard Medical School researchers explained that while gastrointestinal disorders and associated symptoms are reported in autistic individuals, a link between autism and gluten in the diet has not been established.

There are, however, some studies that suggest that a Ketogenic diet can improve the microbiome in children with epilepsy, and autism, and some speculation by the researchers that that may be how the diets treat these conditions.

It is now widely used by researchers interested in studying theory of mind and empathy for people developing typically, as well as for those with autism.

And researchers, reacting to the apparent prevalence of autism among males, may have unknowingly created a gender bias in the science itself — by conducting their research predominantly on autistic boys and men, and then forming conclusions about the condition that have been applied to girls and women as well.

By the time a child starts school, the autism gender differences can be more magnified, says Connie Kasari, a researcher on the NIH study and a professor of psychological studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Please study carefully what this brilliant researcher has noted regarding Autism spectrum disorders, and the induced changes in brain functions caused by electromagnetic field emissions.

Many researchers believe autism is caused by a combination of factors.